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BY AILA SLISCO ON 9/27/22 AT 11:52 PM EDT
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson has suggested that

President Joe Biden is responsible for damage to the Russian-
owned Nord Stream gas pipelines, claiming that the president
vowed to "blow up" the pipelines earlier this year.

Neither of the Nord Stream pipelines, which were designed to

deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany, were operational
when they experienced major leaks into the Baltic Sea on
Monday. Leaders in Norway, Sweden and Denmark have all
concluded that the leaks were likely the result of "sabotage" or
another "deliberate" action, while seismologists have said that
the leaks were preceded by explosions.
While the cause of the explosions and the damage to the
pipelines has not yet been determined, some have suggested
that Biden or Russian President Vladimir Putin could be
responsible. During the Tuesday night broadcast of his
show Tucker Carlson Tonight, the Fox News host dismissed
the idea that Putin was behind the leaks before implying that it
could be Biden.

"If you are Vladimir Putin you would have to be a suicidal

moron to blow up your own energy pipeline—that's one thing
you would never do," Carlson said. "Natural gas pipelines are
the main source of your power and wealth. And most critically,
your leverage over other countries."

Fox News host Tucker Carlson is pictured during an event in

Esztergom, Hungary, on August 7, 2021. Carlson suggested
on Tuesday that President Joe Biden was responsible for
damage to Russia's Nord Stream natural gas pipelines. JANOS
KUMMER/GETTY IMAGES
"Blowing up Nord Stream does not help Vladimir Putin," he
added. "He would not do that. Why would he? But that doesn't
mean that other countries wouldn't consider doing it. They
would consider it and we know they have considered it,
because at least one of them has said so in public."

Carlson then played a clip of Biden speaking about the

pipelines less than three weeks before Russia invaded
Ukraine on February 24. The president said that the U.S.
would make sure to "put an end" to Nord Stream 2 if Russia's
invasion moved forward.

"If Russia invades... then there will no longer be a Nord

Stream 2," Biden said during a joint press conference with
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on February 7. "We will bring
an end to it."

When asked by a reporter how the U.S. could "end" the

pipeline, Biden did not provide any specifics but responded, "I
promise you, we will be able to do it."

"Notice how he phrased that," Carlson said after playing the

clip. "He didn't say, 'I will pause the delivery of gas from
Russia to Germany.' He said there won't be a Nord Stream 2.
We'll put an end to it. We'll take it out. We'll blow it up."

Carlson went on to say that Biden could be guilty of

"environmental terrorism" and said that the president was not
"the only person" in his administration to suggest attacking the
Nord Stream 2.

He cited comments from State Department official Victoria

Nuland, who said in January that the pipeline would "not move
forward" if Russia invaded Ukraine "one way or another."

"Looking back, those words seem chilling eight months later,"

said Carlson. "As natural gas pours into the Baltic Sea and
into the atmosphere... Could the Biden administration really do
something like this?"
"We can't say for sure," he continued. "We don't know for
sure... we can tell you that close allies of the Biden White
House believe they certainly did do it."

Carlson pointed out comments from Radek Sikorski, a Polish

member of European Parliament and the former defense
minister of Poland, who tweeted, "Thank you, USA" on
Tuesday alongside a photo of gas leaking into the sea.

Nord Stream 2 was completed last year but has never been
opened by Germany due to the war in Ukraine. Nord Stream 1
has been shut down since late August, which Russia
attributed to technical issues before saying that the pipeline
would not be restored until war-related sanctions against
Moscow are dropped.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during

a press briefing on Tuesday that she would not "speculate" on
the cause of the recent damage to the pipelines, while adding
that the Biden administration would "provide support" to
European allies "once they have completed their
investigation."

Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment.