(07-14-2017 12:04 PM)NoDak Wrote: The Russians are mad at Hilary because her Clinton Foundation wanted the tens of millions from Qatar and the Saudis if she cleared out Assad from Syria to build a nat gas pipeline to Europe. Russia opposed it and that is why Russia went into Syria. Russia thought they had bought Hillary with the uranium deal, but the Clinton's were looking for even bigger bucks.
Now Trump made sure that Poland can import nat gas from the USA, and that has really made Putin furious, as Russia doesn't hold any economic trump cards over Europe.
Poland was already starting the process to build a LNG regasification plant BEFORE DJT even considered running for office. The Balts started importing LNG from the US before that. Of course Obama's DOE was involved in the sales and helpful during the years that these projects have been in planning/construction.
These plants take a looooooooong time to build. Russia has no ability to export LNG in significant quantities because they don't have the gasification plants to do it. American competitors are Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.
In short, Trump didn't do anything to help the Poles or the Balts import LNG.
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Who gives two sh*ts about money that Clinton can't use for herself. Trump's clan asks the Qataris for a half billion dollar personal bailout then when turned down, sells 100 BILLION dollars worth of US military technology to a country that executes people for converting to Christianity.
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Russia went into Syria to create a problem that they could 'sell cooperation' to the West in order to 'help' fix. That Russian plan involved a tacit alliance with ISIS btw. Obama wasn't playing that game. Trump, out of clear stupidity or simple greed, is playing Putin's game by Putin's rules to the detriment of US interests.
Assad's presence in Syria will ensure that another radical Sunni uprising will occur. Things will calm down for about a hot minute. Then someone else will appear. The problem in the region is Assad.