> France relies on the US for defense. They mostly rely on their nukes, their nuclear submarines and their army and their extensive diplomatic ties. France has

> France relies on the US for defense. They mostly rely on their nukes, their nuclear submarines and their army and their extensive diplomatic ties. France has some moderate capacity of projection. They would be fine defending themselves. Eastern Europe relies on the USA for its protection, Germany somewhat does but actually would likely be fine without, France does not. That’s why they can say NATO is brain dead and push for more strategic autonomy in the EU. And what will the USA do anyway. Withdraw their support because they are spied upon? What would they stand to gain from that?