Macron Stuns China With Rare, Blunt National Security Warning

Back Off or NATO Moves East

Macron. Macron. Macron.

His arc, since February 27, 2024 — when he stirred the Biden-Scholz heartache by saying he would not rule out sending European troops to defend Ukraine — has been breathtakingly stunning. It was the kind of moment that realigns fault lines, not just headlines. Why he remained in hiding mode in the first year of the war — and what snapped him out — I genuinely couldn’t tell you. And I’ve tried.

French presidents are enigmatic like that. Sometimes it’s legacy, sometimes it’s ego, sometimes it’s the ghost of de Gaulle whispering through the walls of the Élysée.

But what’s the point in going that far back? What matters is this: Macron snapped out eight months before the U.S. presidential election. Since then, at every possible fork — military, diplomatic, symbolic — he has stepped in.

Either him or the British prime minister — unofficial Western co-captains.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man.

I find no reasons to complain, whatsoever.

Not having former Secretary of State Antony Blinken is a huge, immense problem for the allies. The man wasn’t just a diplomat — he was the strategic glue. Every time…