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France Opens Criminal Case Against Musk and X. He Still Isn't Coming.
French prosecutors escalated their probe of Elon Musk and X to a criminal investigation after he and former CEO Linda Yaccarino ignored summons. The US government previously called the probe a political attack on an American business.
Macron Is Offering Poland a Nuclear Umbrella. France Still Controls the Button.
The Franco-Polish summit in Gdansk produced the clearest articulation yet of a European nuclear deterrence framework that does not depend on Washington. The Kremlin immediately called it militarization.
France Is Offering Poland a Nuclear Umbrella the US Won't Confirm It Still Holds
At a Gdansk summit, Macron and Tusk agreed to joint nuclear exercises and information-sharing. Europe is building a deterrence architecture outside NATO for the first time since 1949.
Europe Rehearses the Scenario It Cannot Say Out Loud
For the first time in history, the EU is running war simulations that exclude the United States. The exercise has a diplomatic name and a plain meaning: they are planning for American abandonment.
After the Ceasefire, Trump Told NATO to Stay Away. The UK and France Launched Their Own Mission.
The Strait of Hormuz reopened. NATO offered help. Trump said no and called the alliance useless. Within hours, Starmer and Macron announced a multinational shipping protection mission without the US.
France Spends $53 Billion to Replace the American Guarantee
Paris just added $53 billion to its defense budget and expanded its nuclear arsenal. This is not NATO burden-sharing. This is Europe preparing for the scenario where America is not coming.