their first sanction package against russia includes not certifying the nord stream 2 pipeline. germany was publicly very reluctant to include the pipeline and sanction discussions. joe biden did that. vladimir putin knows that joe biden did that. joe biden got germany to stop progress on opening the pipeline, that's an extremely valuable seaview source to both russia and germany. vladimir putin also learned the hard way, how joe biden defined the word invasion. again, putin had a right to wonder. exactly what would mean the biden definition of invasion that would trigger sanctions? joe biden briefly misspoke at a press conference january, when he once referred to the possibility of what he called, quote, a minor incursion. the president and the white house tried to correct any confusion about what that meant,