Everything is a political weapon since Trump’s re-election, says Germany’s ex-economy minister

<p>Robert Habeck says world has moved on from weaponising energy to using tariffs, technology and more to inflict harm</p><p>The weaponisation of energy when Russia invaded Ukraine has given way to “weaponising everything” since Donald Trump returned to the White House, Germany’s former economy minister has said.</p><p>Robert Habeck, the Green politician responsible for keeping the lights on during the last energy crisis, said the belief gas “would never be a political weapon” led successive German governments blindly into <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/02/germany-dependence-russian-energy-gas-oil-nord-stream">Putin’s trap</a> by building the Nord Stream pipelines and selling strategic reserves to Gazprom, which Russia emptied before the invasion.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/13/everything-is-a-political-weapon-since-trumps-re-election-says-germanys-ex-economy-minister">Continue reading...</a>