Looks like Macron roped in the Trump admin to subsidize the Lebanese cartel’s expenditures for the foreseeable future. Lebanon policy was always a liability; an insanity left over from the Obama years, backed by DoD, directly at odds with maximum pressure. https://news.trust.org/item/20200807152428-8ne3u/

Macron roped in the Trump admin with the Hariri nonsense in KSA, which he then followed up with a donor conference to float his buddy and the Hezbollah-led cartel. He’s doing it again. And DoD/DoS is following suit like last time. https://twitter.com/AcrossTheBay/status/1291772246395179009

Meanwhile, France is the force blocking the EU-wide designation of Hezbollah; is the force blocking a change to the UNIFIL mission preferring the pro-Hezbollah status quo; and is literally financially invested in offshore energy in Lebanon. https://twitter.com/AcrossTheBay/status/1291773053731516416

The US, meanwhile, is doubling down on that most clever and meaningful of policies: wasting US taxpayer money on a fictitious clown force called the LAF, in a fictitious “state.” All in all, heck of a job, DoD and DoS. https://twitter.com/AcrossTheBay/status/1291773876582711296