the france thing seems to have escalated. genuinely surprised by this. whats the french perspective here? feels like kind of an overreaction but maybe im missing something also seems like another L for the Biden foreign policy competency story? like, imagine they didnt see this
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Replying to @eigenrobot
No idea honestly, but I think it really felt like an insult toward the country as a whole. The idea of not being taken seriously as Allies, etc...
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yeah like ok form an alliance with Australia great but like why would you go about it without looping france in why even bother with a state department if this is how you're gonna operate jokes aside im mad on your behalf
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The State Department lost a lot of staff during Trump’s administration. It’ll take a long time to grow back the lost institutional competence.
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im not sure theyve had that for generations
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