Western European countries agree that Russia poses threat to European Union and NATO powers, and German officials also believe that Trump is using security measures, to compel European allies to purchase American gas.. ..…

Since the 1990s after the peaceful fall of the Soviet Union, Democratic and Republican presidents have threatened Russia by moving the anti-Soviet NATO alliance — which at the latest, should have ended with the fall — right up to Russia’s border, contrary to late President George H. ..…