What Happened To The German Diplomat Who Mocked Trump At The UN When He Warned That Germany Was Becoming Too Dependent On Russian Gas?

 

Zero Hedge/Epoch Times: German Diplomat Who Mocked Trump At UN Suddenly Silent As President's 'Russian Energy' Warning Comes True 

One of the German diplomats who snickered when then-President Donald Trump said Germany would “become totally dependent on Russian energy” didn’t respond to a question on whether his views have changed as rising energy costs amidst the war in Ukraine seem to prove Trump right. 

Trump made the remarks during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in Sept. 2018. Trump said during the same speech: “Reliance on a single foreign supplier can leave a nation vulnerable to extortion and intimidation.”  

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WNU editor: The whole German delegation was launging at Trump, but it was Heiko Maas, was then serving as the country’s foreign minister under then-prime minister Angela Merkel, who led the laughter. He later told reporters that Trump’s claim regarding the pipeline “does not correspond to reality,” saying that “Germany is not dependent on Russia, especially not on energy issues.”

So where is Heiko Maas right now? 

Not surprising. He is still in the government as a member of the Bundestag.