After leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines were reported off the coast of Denmark this week, Europe and the U.S. have been scrambling to address the issue while also trying to find who to blame. So far, most of the blame has been put on Russia.
But in the midst of people pointing fingers at Russia, another possibility emerged on Tuesday night’s installment of “Tucker Carlson Tonight:” perhaps President Joe Biden had something to do with the damaged pipelines.
“[I]f you were Vladimir Putin, you would have to be a suicidal moron to blow up your own energy pipeline. That’s the one thing you would never do,” Carlson said during the broadcast.
The Nord Stream pipelines carry gas from Russia to Europe through the Baltic Sea. Though neither pipeline was actively pumping gas, since Russia had cut off delivery to Europe, the underwater pipes were still filled with gas, NPR reported.
On Monday evening, officials from Germany and Denmark saw both pipelines suddenly lose significant pressure, which indicated large holes somewhere in the pipelines, NPR reported.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen then announced that officials suspected that these leaks may have been caused on purpose, the result of intentional sabotage.
“Denmark’s prime minister says it is ‘hard to imagine’ that the leaks detected on Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines were “accidental,'” DW News tweeted.
Denmark’s prime minister says it is “hard to imagine” that the leaks detected on Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines were “accidental.” pic.twitter.com/MSAxf7xq3X
— DW News (@dwnews) September 27, 2022
This suspicion seemed to be confirmed when Björn Lund, the director of the Swedish National Seismic Network told NPR that both the Swedish and Danish Seismic Networks picked up on possible explosions on Monday night.
“Preliminary estimates would say that this is at least equivalent to 100 kilograms of dynamite,” Lund said.
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