Recently, the United States pulled up Britain and Australia to form a new alliance. France, on the other hand, was furious that huge submarine orders had been snatched up by the United States. Angry France has successively announced the recall of its ambassadors to the United States and Australia, canceled a series of meetings with the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, and even encouraged the European Union to suspend the negotiation of bilateral free trade agreements with Australia, posing a posture of "bloody war to the end" with the United States, Britain and Australia.
Obviously, the huge submarine order was taken away, and France was angry, but the consequences for the United States were not serious at all. Because Washington knew that France was bluffing, the Gallic rooster would never be able to fight the United States. The reason is simple: France wants to improve its international status without support from the United States. So, after France ranted at the United States for a while, it seemed to have stopped.
After the French ambassador to the United States returned to Washington a few days ago to perform his duties, according to Shangguan News, on the 6th local time, US Secretary of State Blinken ended his visit to France, and then, the French ambassador to Australia announced that he would return to Canberra. Although the French side also claimed that "the United States and France still face a lot of difficult work to determine the next specific decisions." However, some analysts pointedly pointed out that Blinken had leveled France.
Of course, after France lost a huge arms order, the United States, as a stabber, must have a certain means to balance France. So, while France was in full swing, the United States pledged to help France increase its influence in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, Blinken, who has just finished his visit to France, said in an interview with local media a few days ago: "I discussed with President Macron his plan to meet with President Biden at the end of October, when the two sides may announce a joint decision."
Apparently, as Blinken concludes his visit to Paris, the French ambassador to Australia will return to Canberra, meaning that the diplomatic dispute over arms orders has come to an end. And France, which has suffered a dumb loss, under the flicker of the United States, although it still harbors a stomach full of anger, it can only helplessly bow to the United States. Because the decision-makers in Paris know they can't play America.
Don't look at France's imposing appearance, but it can't hide the fact that it can only swallow its anger in front of the United States forever, because of the lack of strength, it is doomed to the result that Macron does not dare to turn face with the United States. The French "Echo" recently published an article pointing out that during the De Gaulle period, France was a good choice for all Latin American and Asian countries that refused to side with the two camps of the East and the West. But now, who would choose Paris? France's geopolitical presence can no longer function alone.
So after the United States promised to help France elevate its military position in the Asia-Pacific region, the anger in Paris's belly was largely reduced. When Blinken visited Paris and made more promises to France, the French government, although it was still saying that "this matter is not over", had actually already bowed to the United States.
Like other U.S. allies, when Biden, who shouts the slogan "America is back" and makes the allies full of expectations, becomes another Trump overnight, all allies, including France, can only consider themselves unlucky. After all, although they all know that being friends with the United States will always be their own, but out of the need to use the political and military influence of the United States to brush up on the world stage, the allies who have been bullied by the United States can only choose to swallow their anger.
In this context, France's huge arms orders were snatched away by the United States, and it also tried to unite with European allies to fight against the United States, but helplessly, whether it is the ALLies of the European Union or NATO, in addition to verbally supporting France, no one dares to substantively offend the United States.
France, which was at the forefront of the anti-American campaign, looked back and suddenly found that it was the only one in the camp against the United States, and it was itself who might be abandoned if it went any further. Therefore, when the United States handed france down the steps, Macron could only go down the slope and accept the "goodwill" of the United States. However, tens of billions of dollars of submarine orders, France will never come back.