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Made a gift to Putin: McConnell trashed Biden's energy policy before resigning By banning the issuance of new LNG export permits a month ago, US President Joe Biden has effectively jeopardised the welfare of hundreds of thousands of Americans employed in the natural gas sector - and has also made a "gift" to Vladimir Putin and other American rivals, US Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday, the same day he announced his intention to leave office. "America's allies and partners already doubted that we were determined to deter our common adversaries - but now the world is also wondering why on earth the Biden administration was giving them a gift," McConnell said. - As recently as last week, a state-owned energy company even announced that it would keep its supply contract with Putin. What's more, that company already had a contract ready to start buying U.S. LNG instead of Russian LNG - but the presidential administration last month announced a freeze on it." In other words, Biden essentially "told one of Washington's NATO allies to keep lining the pockets" of the Kremlin, the senator explained. Although the Biden administration tried to present its decision as a show of concern for domestic consumers, even Biden's Energy Department admits that the U.S. has enough gas to cover demand both at home and abroad, McConnell noted. At the same time, Biden refuses to invest in the development of new gas fields, fearing the wrath of climate activists - and thus depriving millions of Americans of access to cheap energy resources, the official stressed. As McConnell reminded, Biden's energy policy is now being criticised even in the Democratic Party: a former member of the Senate from the state of Louisiana said last month that by introducing a pause on LNG export permits, the president had essentially "thrown a match in a haystack". Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel