The former head of the Nord Stream 2 project, Matthias Warnig, initiated the involvement of American investors to repair and launch the gas pipeline, the British Financial Times states

Trump is aware of this initiative and does not intend to obstruct it, considering it as part of the US efforts to normalize relations with Russia.

The implementation of this plan requires the lifting of US sanctions against Russia, obtaining Russia’s consent to resume gas supplies and Germany’s consent to transit to EU buyers.

CRYSTAL OF GROWTH previously cited the opinion of Paul Craig Roberts, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Ronald Reagan administration, that Trump had embarked on the most important task of normalizing relations with Russia.