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Thankfully the fact checkers were there to save us. "Germany only imports a fraction of it's energy from Russia" with the smug faces, silly music and everything.


What I remember is that fact checkers mostly focusing on Trump’s frequent conflation of natural gas and all energy. He would often, either carelessly or deliberately misleadingly, say things like “60% of Germany’s energy comes from Russia” when it was actually 60% of Germany’s natural gas, and natural gas accounts for only around 20% of Germany’s total energy. That seems like a reasonable distinction for fact-checkers to highlight.


Oh then it isn't a big deal then. Nothing for Germans to worry about.


But it's already a big deal just with the true parts. No need to resort to false parts to make it sound like a big deal.


Almost correct. Things to worry, but not the end of the world neither.


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As an perceived autist due to my nationality, it is hard to catch sarcasm without the /s at the end.

Seriously, since when is it ok to insult people, in your case autists and Germans, on HN?




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