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That is depressing reading. But thanks

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Claire, I am going to turn around and ask you a question like you do so famously when you are interviewed on tv. As a French citizen/resident and as a American do you think France as an EU Member and the EU as a whole were morally wrong to sign this agreement. As someone that works with Americans outside of the US especially in the EU and even more especially in France and on the other hand Congressional and think thank staffers in Washington, DC a basic question I always ask in person or on social media is do you think the American population in the EU is "disloyal" to the US when it doesn't oppose things like the EU-China deal. What frustrates me is instead of saying yes they are disloyal on the DC side they simply refuse to answer the question or respond to my Tweet.

So for example a lot of people around Biden are very angry at the EU signing this deal on social media like Michael Carpenter for example but when I try to get Carpenter to engage on a Twitter fight with Dave Keating who is very prominent Belgo-American media commentator in Brussels and one of the biggest cheerleaders for the deal Carpenter refuses or appears to see it as beneath him despite how upset he is over the overall deal.

BTW, this is why Teddy Roosevelt hated dual nationality but the US Supreme Court thought otherwise(or more specifically the 14th amendment)

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It’s not just Merkel and Xi; if the terrible riots that took place today are any indication, tens of millions of Americans are giving the incoming Biden Administration (and the United States Congress) the finger.

American elites have sure made a mess of things. China must be licking its chops.

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