🤔 if France favors Palestine and Trump favors Israel, then framing France advances Trump's agenda. But that doesn't mean Trump is behind it - the whole thing could be a frame up of Trump, to make it appear that Trump framed France. But I doubt the public would look that far, so I doubt a second degree of framing can create any useful pressure. On the other hand, France still runs a secret colonial empire in Africa, where several states are independent in name only. America is allergic to Africa. Russia and China are not. A narrative is a kind if pressure. Someone can now call up Macron and say, "that thing where it looks like you're about to kill a celebrity? It can disappear if you back off over here. Or that celebrity dies and you have a big scandal." That seems more likely. What I know of both Russia and China : both are owned by their mafias. Idk if "mafia state" is a term poly sci professors teach, but it's a thing.