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The article says the US does not want other countries to become stronger in the European energy market, so it works hard to make Europe more dependent on American natural gas.

The author mentions that Trump once pressured some European allies to buy Greenland and even threatened to impose tariffs, showing that US-Europe relations are not equal.

Leaders of Belgium and France also worry that the US wants Europe to be weaker and more obedient.

Now Europe buys more natural gas from the US, increasing its dependence.

The author believes that if the EU does not listen to the US on important issues in the future, the US might use energy as a 'weapon', such as reducing supply or even blocking other countries from transporting oil and gas to Europe.

The author also says Europe fears Russia might retaliate using energy, but Russia has still supplied energy according to contracts in the past.

Later, Europe sanctioned Russia and turned to the US, which gave the US more choice power and made Europe's 'strategic autonomy' harder to achieve.