On Fox, Stephen Moore blamed Putin's invasion of Ukraine on “a radical green energy policy by the Biden administration”
Moore also pushed the myth that America was “energy independent” under Trump and wasn't importing Russian oil then
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Citation From the March 6, 2022, edition of Fox & Friends Weekend
STEPHEN MOORE (FORMER TRUMP ECONOMIC ADVISER): The entire Russian economy is really financed with oil. And it is so frustrating, and even almost immoral, that here we are in a situation today where we're now actually importing oil from the Russians. And in fact, that means that we're actually inadvertently helping finance the Russian war machine. And that would not be happening if Donald Trump were president today. Under President Trump 14 months ago, the United States was independent of oil from Russia and Saudi Arabia. So, I do believe that this situation we're in now is the direct consequence of a radical green energy policy by the Biden administration that wasn't taking into account the consequences of America giving up its energy independence.
By the way, the Europeans are not blameless here either. Trump warned five years ago the Europeans to not become dependent on and addicted to Russian oil and gas. That's exactly what's happened, and I do believe that's one of the reasons we're in the predicament today, and the Ukrainians are fighting these Russian tanks in the streets of Ukraine.
RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (CO-HOST): Stephen, you are 100% right. I have been calling this the Green New Deal war, because absolutely--
MOORE: Exactly.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: This should not have happened.