Trump shouldn’t be talking to any world leader unless he has a clear agenda for the talk that was vetted by someone in the admin that knows what the hell they are talking about. He needs to be guided and hand held like a child.
WildRose:
I like that Trump is pursuing avenues that benefit the US.
With a little good policy and a couple of years to implement it we can devastate Russia’s economy and their power over Europe at the same time.
I’m an American first, last and always and put the US above all other countries. If Putin and the Russians get a short term gain out of the same policies, I don’t care.
The EU was created to give a competitive advantage to them over us. If we reverse that it is our right and in our best interests to do so.
“A little good policy?” What does that even mean? That’s barely a soundbite.
Diplomacy is not a short-term game.
WildRose:
Troll someone else. Trump has been expediting the means by which to reduce Russia back to the post cold war struggling economy since shortly after taking office by reviving or fossil fuel sector and particularly by expediting the building of LNG export facilities through regulatory reduction.
If we become Europe’s primary producer and supplier of NG, his stranglehold on the continent is broken and his economy based primarily on petroleum exports is crushed.
Just driving down petroleum prices by expanding our own domestic production and use is costing them billions weekly and making it ever tougher on them to fund the growth and modernization of their military machine and choking off the necessary resources to pursue his expansionist goals.
WildRose:
Crawl back under your rock.
Trump pitches US natural gas to European leaders, suggests Russian gas holds them hostage
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/06/trump-natural-gas-europe-leaders.html
Funds have been allocated and projects have been put in place by the European Union in order to guarantee Europe different gas supply routes, an example being the TANAP pipeline which will bring Azeri gas to southern Europe. Nevertheless, the fruit of such programs will only be seen around 2020. Before such plans are achieved, dependence on gas imports will increase to 65% by 2020 and to 73% by 2030. As relations with Russia worsen there is an impending need to diversify gas supplies for Europe in order to enhance security. The fastest way to do so is through U.S. LNG imports.
The United States is sitting on vast reserves of natural gas. In under a decade, the shale revolution turned the U.S. from gas importer to gas exporter. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports have become economically viable and are forecasted to increase through 2017 up to 3.1 billion cubic feet. Furthermore, the opening of US LNG exports has begun in early summer of 2016, with shipments to the TGN LNG terminal in Portugal and Spain’s Mugardos LNG terminal. Nevertheless, U.S. LNG exporters have treated Europe as a residual market favoring the more profitable Asian market, especially following the expansion of the Panama Canal.
However, things have been changing. The two main claims against shipments to the European market – lack of demand and cost effectiveness – have lost their validity. First, according to the IEA, demand for gas in Europe, contrary to general belief, will double by 2020. Second, LNG prices in the Pacific and Atlantic area have been converging, therefore reducing the cost advantage of selling to the Asian market. U.S. LNG exports would see increasing profit from European markets while at the same time helping its most important allies ensure security.
The EU and the energy community are in desperate need of LNG as domestic consumption is declining. In 2013, the EU regasification capacity utilization was at a mere 24%, hence, with the current infrastructure there would be storage capacity for U.S. LNG imports. New sources of LNG to Europe would have the positive effects of diversifying supply, helping with the integration of the markets (especially in the East and in the North-South corridor), and further European clean energy goals, as an increase in use of gas for electricity would reduce carbon emissions from coal.
Nevertheless, the EU must meet the U.S. effort by connecting the west to the east though new infrastructure, expanding storage capacity, and removing the barriers to a common energy market. In response, according to Platts, the U.S. by 2020 could be exporting to Europe over 100 Bcm/year of LNG, which would meet one quarter of the market demand. These statistics highlight how Europe could obtain higher regional and energy security… .
The Europeans see this too and are already spending the money to create the necessary infrastructure to unload and distribute American Produce LNG.
The Importance of US LNG Exports to Europe | Geopolitical Monitor
Well, that must have been embarrassing for you.
Do I need to post the video of Obama whispering in a Putin’s crony’s ear…
Remember when the dems defended Obama’s inaction over Russians taking Crimea. Or laughing when Romney pointed out they were very dangerous?
Laughing when we said he wouldn’t stop with The Crimea… .
WildRose:
Troll someone else. Trump has been expediting the means by which to reduce Russia back to the post cold war struggling economy since shortly after taking office by reviving or fossil fuel sector and particularly by expediting the building of LNG export facilities through regulatory reduction.
If we become Europe’s primary producer and supplier of NG, his stranglehold on the continent is broken and his economy based primarily on petroleum exports is crushed.
Just driving down petroleum prices by expanding our own domestic production and use is costing them billions weekly and making it ever tougher on them to fund the growth and modernization of their military machine and choking off the necessary resources to pursue his expansionist goals.
Do you honestly believe any of this is happening because Trump is trying to harm Russia?
Do you really believe he is this strategic?
There is no indication of this beyond you claiming it to be so.
Please show us your work.
If you can’t, it is all supposition at best.
None of your articles support the idea that Trump is doing anything purposely to undercut or otherwise push back against Russia. Offering Europe an option is just that.
Did you even bother reading it? This was part of his platform.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will use fast-growing supplies of U.S. natural gas as a political tool when he meets in Warsaw on Thursday with leaders of a dozen countries that are captive to Russia for their energy needs.
In recent years, Moscow has cut off gas shipments during pricing disputes with neighboring countries in winter months. Exports from the United States would help reduce their dependence on Russia.
Trump will tell the group that Washington wants to help allies by making it as easy as possible for U.S. companies to ship more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to central and eastern Europe, the White House said… .
At some point you folks need to take off the partisan blinders and put away the hate long enough to see what’s actually going on in the world.
Separate your hatred for him from what is best for the US.
A bit more from the same article.
“It undermines the strategies of Putin and other strong men who are trying to use the light switch as an element of strategic offense,” said Senator Cory Gardner, a Republican from Colorado who is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The Kremlin relies on oil and gas revenue to finance the state budget, so taking market share would hurt Moscow.
“In many ways, the LNG exports by the U.S. is the most threatening U.S. policy to Russia,” said Michal Baranowski, director of the Warsaw office of think-tank the German Marshall Fund.
WildRose:
At some point you folks need to take off the partisan blinders and put away the hate long enough to see what’s actually going on in the world.
Separate your hatred for him from what is best for the US .
You just moved the goal posts.
Yes, you did. You started out with the premise that what Trump is doing will hurt Russia. Now it’s simply what is best for the US.
That’s moving the goal posts.
No I didn’t, I started out pointing out how doing what is best for the US will hurt Putin.
The two are not at all at odds.
WildRose:
No I didn’t, I started out pointing out how doing what is best for the US will hurt Putin.
The two are not at all at odds.
Either you haven’t read the thread or you’re just trolling. Which is it?
Airyaman:
Yes, you did. You started out with the premise that what Trump is doing will hurt Russia. Now it’s simply what is best for the US.
That’s moving the goal posts.
WildRose:
I like that Trump is pursuing avenues that benefit the US.
With a little good policy and a couple of years to implement it we can devastate Russia’s economy and their power over Europe at the same time.
I’m an American first, last and always and put the US above all other countries. If Putin and the Russians get a short term gain out of the same policies, I don’t care.
The EU was created to give a competitive advantage to them over us. If we reverse that it is our right and in our best interests to do so.
Why are you so quick to say people are trolling? I admit, we have trolls. I admit, sometimes I troll. But this is not one of those times.
Sometimes I simply get it wrong, like now.
Why? Your attitude throughout your responses to me in this thread.
No, I simply take you as you present yourself.
