As Starmer stumbles, Macron quietly boosts military ties with US
President Emmanuel Macron of France is quietly but quickly boosting military cooperation with the United States.
In recent days, French and U.S. officials have pursued increased nuclear deterrence cooperation. France has also surged its naval forces into the eastern Mediterranean, with Macron preparing an operation to escort civilian vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. All of this will be welcome news in the White House.
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While Macron and President Donald Trump may have lost the ‘bromance’ intimacy of Trump’s first term, they appear to remain on generally good terms. Trump recently praised France for its “great” response to the Iran war. The speed and potency of this French military response contrasted starkly with that of the United Kingdom. The U.K. has a military base in the European Union member state and Mediterranean island of Cyprus, which was attacked shortly after the war began. Yet, while France has now deployed more than 10 to 14........
