Former US President Donald Trump sparked controversy after claiming that Russia did not blow up the Nord Stream pipelines last year and hinted that the United States might be involved in the incident.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Trump claimed that “I don’t want to get our country in trouble, so I won’t answer it,” when he was asked about the pipeline blasts.
“But I can tell you who it wasn’t – Russia. It wasn’t Russia.” Trump argued.
The former President also argued that: “How about when they blamed Russia. You know they said ‘Russia blew up their own pipeline’. You got a kick out of that one too.”
“It wasn’t Russia,” the former US president reiterated.
According to Townhall, “the major Baltic Sea supply route from Russia to Europe, running 1,230km (764 miles), was severely damaged in “powerful explosions” on 26 September last year. The blasts caused severe damage to Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, rendering the underwater routes for energy trade inoperable.”
“The explosions were measured at 2.3 and 2.1 on the Richter scale, Swedish and Danish authorities confirmed. Moscow has repeatedly claimed that allegations it was behind the blasts are “stupid”, and has sought to blame the West, including the US and Britain, the report added.
Moreover, the 45th US President, who claims to share a “very good relationship” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, offered to negotiate a “deal” shortly after the explosion.
“US ‘leadership’ should remain ‘cool, calm, and dry’ on the SABOTAGE of the Nord Stream Pipelines. This is a big event that should not entail a big solution, at least not yet. The Russia/Ukraine catastrophe should NEVER have happened, and would definitely not have happened if I were President,” Donald Trump warned in his recent post on Truth Social.
“Do not make matters worse with the pipeline blow up. Be strategic, be smart (brilliant!), get a negotiated deal done NOW. Both sides need and want it. The entire World is at stake,” he claimed.
Trump’s controversial statement came a month after Russia allegedly “accused the United Nations of “whitewashing” the sabotage of the pipelines after Russia’s demand for an investigation were rejected at the platform,” Townhall reported.
According to Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, everyone should be interested in an impartial investigation to determine who the culprits of the explosions of the Nord Stream pipelines are.
“Western countries are making every effort to ‘whitewash’ … this topic, to paper it over, so that it disappears from the agenda,” he claimed.
