to make sure he heard the same thing as president macron as well. that the u.s. needed to see de-escalation and there would be severe consequences if there was no de-escalation. the big leverage the germans hold in their hands is the nord stream pipeline and the germans have said they believe they should do this. i asked whether or not he had done that in the talks with ent putin. >> did you make it clearvaon ofe nord stream 2 pipeline project would most probably be dead and would be dead according to the americans, and do you think any head way was made today to make sure that war will be averted? >> we have a very clear strategy, and this is first saying that if there would be a military aggression against