According to media reports, a few days ago, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that in response to Russia's military threat, France plans to share the country's nuclear weapons with the European Union. In response, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, then posted on social media, scolding Macron for scolding his face: France's rooster was the first to crow, thus attracting the attention of chicken coops all over Europe. Obviously, the United States, from across the Atlantic, will immediately castrate the neighing French rooster, and castrated Paris will continue to calmly peck at the grain in the hands of its master.
A few days ago, during his visit to Sweden, Macron publicly stated to the media that "France has the responsibility to place its nuclear deterrent forces at the disposal of the European Union." Prior to this, some NATO officials announced that they would deploy nuclear weapons in EU countries in response to the "nuclear threat" from Russia. Obviously, Macron's above statement is a positive response to the relevant remarks of NATO officials. However, Macron's remarks were not only ridiculed by Medvedev, but also strongly resisted by the domestic opposition. Philippe, the leader of the French "Patriotic Party", believes that nuclear weapons are inseparable from national sovereignty, and Macron's statement that the EU will obtain French nuclear weapons is "treason".
In fact, the United States already has nuclear weapons deployed in NATO allies such as Germany and Turkey, which are theoretically enough to deter Russia, after all, neither NATO nor Russia wants a nuclear war to break out. However, because the U.S. nuclear forces have begun to shrink, it is a little weak to provide a nuclear umbrella for its allies. Especially after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, Europe is facing the most serious crisis of conflict since the end of the Cold War. Some foreign media bluntly pointed out that Europe is relapsing into the "2.0" version of the Cold War with Russia, and it is a colder Cold War without the US nuclear umbrella.
The United States is now heavily indebted, and $34 trillion in debt has had a big impact on the functioning of its military machine. At the same time, the successive outbreaks of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Russia-Ukraine conflict are constantly consuming a large amount of US military resources and exhausting the superpowers. Clearly, America's overall power has declined, and their commitment to the security of their allies has become worthless. Therefore, allies around the world, including Europe, are beginning to prepare for the post-American era. Macron's promise to put French nuclear weapons at the disposal of the European Union is motivated by this consideration.
However, despite the large number of grievances against the United States in the mouths of Macron and other EU leaders, in fact, they are still not ready to get rid of their security dependence on the United States. Therefore, former US President Trump's recent statement of "dunning" directly frightened all European allies. Although the leaders of NATO, the European Union and many European countries have condemned this, accusing Trump of "deliberately undermining NATO's internal stability" and helping "Putin win", no one dares to play tricks on the issue of paying protection money to the United States.
European politicians scolded and scolded, but no one dared to publicly offend Trump, the "Voldemort". Even France, which is trying to see Trump's comeback as an opportunity to undermine the US-EU alliance and promote European defense integration, has to "kneel" to Trump in humiliation before he is elected. According to media reports, on the 15th local time, the French Ministry of Defense announced that the country will achieve the defense spending previously required by NATO in 2024, increasing to 2% of GDP. It is reported that according to the original plan, France will not achieve this goal until 2025.
In fact, it is not only France that "kneels" to Trump, but also some other NATO countries have knelt to him. According to the latest news, 18 of the 31 NATO members have announced that they will raise defense spending in fiscal 2024 to the standard agreed by Trump for North Africa, that is, 2% of the GDP of each country. It is no wonder that thorny countries like France have announced increased defense spending, not to mention other European countries. Obviously, whether Trump will be elected as the next president of the United States has not yet been written, but European countries, including France, have knelt down to this "Voldemort" in advance for fear of being abandoned by the United States.
Medvedev scolded France as a "castrated rooster", apparently not scolding the wrong person. Macron can show his leadership to European countries all day long, but with France's nuclear weapons, it will not protect Europe's security at all, and no one will trust them, and in the end they will need to rely on American nuclear weapons to protect themselves. Therefore, Macron can only play the role of a "gelding" and kneel down to Trump in advance to avoid being abandoned by the United States in the future.