Germany gets about 20% of its total energy from Russia, and most of that is used to heat homes. Tomorrow they could switch to buying that methane from Qatar, and soon (with ebtter nautical LNG) buying it from us will be a viable option.

We buy stuff from Russia too, and have for a long time.

Buying something from another country doesn't have to mean that you are colluding with that country's geopolitical ambitions.

Russia definitely interfered in our election by trying to make us like Sanders and Trump. That is undeniable. Trump definitely wanted Russia to divulge dirt on Hillary, if they had it, and had his people meet with them for that purpose. So there was at least attempted collusion. But I don't think the collusion was actually consummated.

Here's why.

Russia wanted two things from us in 2016, : Magnitsky Act and other sanction relief, and for us to simply be weaker and more divided. The first thing, they can't get from a President alone. And they know that. The second thing, they got from simply stirring the pot as much as they did and injecting angry, vengeful outsiders into the race for both parties. That one of them won office is a bonus but doesn't really further their interests significantly more than the simple act of them interfering did.

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