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Trump unexpectedly took credit for “killing” Nord Stream 2, a pipeline built to deliver Russian gas to Germany through the Baltic Sea. The undersea pipeline suffered a series of explosions in September 2022, when Trump was no longer president.
“[The Democrats] love to say that I was a friend of Russia, I worked for Russia, I was a Russian spy,” Trump said.
“The biggest job Russia ever had [was] Nord Stream 2. This is the biggest pipeline in the world, [it] goes from Russia to Germany and all over Europe. I killed it. Nobody would kill it but me. I stopped it,” he said, without elaborating.
Although Washington denied any involvement, Russia has suggested that it was likely behind the sabotage.
