For years Donald Trump and US senators worked tirelessly to keep Russia from finishing a pipeline project that would tighten its grip on Europe’s energy market. Now, Joe Biden is realizing that if he wants to bring peace to the US relations with Germany, he may need to let go of the American fight against Nord Stream 2. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre, on the crossroad ahead for the Biden administration. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy. Ben Lefebvre covers energy for POLITICO. Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.