"By stubbornly supporting the Russian pipeline, Angela Merkel has let the United States and Europe down and left only bad options to her successor," the article says.
According to Klute, Merkel's reluctance to accommodate the United States is a sign of disdain.
He added that the protection of the gas pipeline will become a "stain on the reputation" of the German Chancellor.
Earlier it became known that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky intends to stop the Nord Stream 2 project during his visit to Germany and planned negotiations with Angela Merkel.