nord stream 2 pipeline will flow a lot of gas from russia to germany to keep the lights on, does putin have scholz by the you know what. he definitely does. the germans will not commit to turning it off or not starting it up if there s invasion. germans are talking about exemptions from sanctions u.s. may implement if there s an invasion of ukraine. germans have shut down nuclear plants, and coal fired electricity plants. they need russian power and especially in the middle of the winter. i think we are looking at macron who has a better relationship with putin, putin trusts him, and macron is pushing both to get russia involved in europe as a european nation and to stop pushing russia towards china. that s what the u.s. should be doing if it had a serious foreign policy. john: interesting that macron is beginning to emerge as a