The European energy crisis was a foreseeable consequence of an over-reliance on a single, potentially hostile energy source, driven by short-sighted planning.

“it was completely obvious that unidimensional dependence on the Russians for vital energy sources was a bad strategic idea. Not not and that's even the case, I would say, in some sense if Russia was a clear ally and we weren't in a war with them because you don't want your entire economy so unresili”

Europe faces an unavoidable reality where they must negotiate a deal with Russia to end the energy crisis.

“I think that there's gonna be this inevitability that we're gonna need to broker a deal with russia”