Biden Welcomes Macron for a State Dinner. Here’s What to Expect

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President Joe Biden of the United States will formally welcome French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Thursday.

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The presence of Macron offers Washington the chance to put its concerns about his occasionally irascible foreign policy to rest.

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For its part, France needs to demonstrate how its influence may assist America in real ways. Washington has been irritated by Macron's predecessors for more than 50 years.

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Macron has maintained his candour. In the halls of the Pentagon, CIA, and State Department, heads popped when he referred to NATO as "brain dead" in 2019.

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U.S. officials were shocked by Paris's stern reprimand when the Biden administration unveiled fresh plans for military cooperation with Australia and Britain in 2021.

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Washington needs to understand the benefits of having an ally that thinks independently and speaks their thoughts.

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French interests colliding with American objectives may anger some people, but it is a reasonable price to pay for an ally willing to spend money to defend itself.

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Although France was genuinely shocked and its interests were harmed, it may have been overly emphatic in its complaints about the US and UK selling nuclear submarines to Australia.

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France is now leading an Indo-Pacific strategy for Europe that will strengthen its ties with India, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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