Biden threatens to shut down Nord Stream 2 pipeline — RT World News

US President Joe Biden threatened on Monday to shut down Nord Stream 2, a crucial Germany-Russia pipeline, if Russian troops cross the border into Ukraine. Biden made the threat as he was speaking alongside German Chancellor Olaf Sholz at the joint press conference in the White House on Monday.

“We will bring an end to it,” Biden said of the pipeline. When grilled by a journalist on how exactly Washington would be able to block the project since it was “within Germany’s control,” Biden refused to elaborate, saying only: “We will, I promise you, we’ll be able to do it.”

It remained unclear, however, if Scholz was on board with the idea. When asked directly about the fate of the project if Russia invades Ukraine, the German leader refrained from mentioning the pipeline by name.

“We have intensively prepared everything to be ready with the necessary sanctions if there is a military aggression against Ukraine,” the German Chancellor said, adding that he won’t go into specifics “because Russia should understand that there might be even more to come.”