DISINFO: Joe Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines
SUMMARY
The author of this sabotage is none other than Joe Biden. The plan had been developing for over nine months. The American leader personally gave the order to blow up the pipelines.
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theory not backed by any evidence, part of a wider disinformation campaign aiming to fill the information space to portray the West as responsible for the Nord Stream sabotage.
On 26 September 2022, the NS1 and the NS2 pipelines both ruptured. Denmark, Sweden view the Nord Stream pipeline leaks as 'deliberate actions'
Sweden, Germany and Denmark opened an investigation of the incident. This is the first step in determining what caused the leaks. Anything before that would be mere speculation and conspiracy theory.
The message was based on the blog post of the journalist Seymour Hersh. He claims the US navy was responsible for the explosion on NS1 and NS2. The story of Hersh was grounded on information from one anonymous source allegedly having information on all aspects of the case. A number of factcheckers have pointed to numerous flaws in Hersh's story, which has received attention from Kremlin key propaganda outlets.
The US White House evaluated this claim as “utterly false and complete fiction.”
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that Nord Stream pipelines destroyed by coalition of countries headed by the US, that Western sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines caused an environmental disaster, that the UK took part in the explosion of the Nord Stream pipelines, or that the West blew up Nord Stream 1 and 2.