“We Americans did not have a plan then, but we knew that we had the opportunity to implement it,” he said in an interview with the Berliner Zeitung, referring to January-February 2022.

Hersh stated that it must have been January 20th.

According to him, Biden held a joint press conference with Scholz on February 7, 2022 and said: "We could do it."

Hersh also said that Biden, out of fear, postponed the undermining of Nord Stream from June to September 2022.

In addition, according to him, Biden decided to undermine the Nord Streams because of the fear of Germany's withdrawal from the sanctions regime against Russia.