President Emmanuel #Macron, in reaching back to the help #France gave the #UnitedStates in the Revolutionary War — even name-checking Lafayette — is trying to place US-French unity in a historic context, as a moment he knows the #alliance is under a greater threat than any time in decades.

Macron adds a line about “our support for President #Zelensky,” whom #Trump called a dictator a few days ago.

#geopolitics #Ukraine #Russia #StandWithUkraine

Little #PSA to combat #misinformation, because apparently half of #US #Citizens don't know this: #NATO is a #Military #Defense #Alliance between the #USA and #Canada and most of #Europe. The main rule for joining is that the country must be a stable #Democracy with protections on human rights. The main terms of the treaty are that, if one country is attacked unprovoked, on their own soil, the others must send immediate military assistance, and counties must keep up a minimum military to be able to both defend themselves and come to the defense of others.

NATO is not a #trade agreement, though it does facilitate trade agreements to encourage peace.

NATO is not an #expansionist force. NATO is a pro-democracy force.

NATO is not anti-Russia, as #Russia was invited to join in the 90s. #Putin is anti-NATO because it's effectiveness limits his power.

NATO has only been called into one war: the US invasion of Afghanistan, with the triggering event being 9/11, when the US was attacked directly.