Pipeline

Just as candidate Biden disappeared during the campaign, Germany's new chancellor Sholz is hiding out. New on the job he is faced with situation in Ukraine and he needs Russian natural gas so he has left the public scene. While other European countries have pledged support for Ukraine, Germany has remained silent save for saying they will sent 5,000 helmets to Ukraine. Sholz under pressure has agreed to visit Biden in Washington this Monday. When Biden waived sanctions on the pipeline bringing natural gas to Germany from Russia it opened the door for Sholz to allow Russian gas into Germany. Many experts predicted that Russia would use the gas to force Germany to join forces with Putin against Ukraine and it appears they were right. The final approval of the pipeline is not yet formalized and both Biden and Sholz could put a hold on things. Will they do it?