Thread by @ejmalrai

If #France Prsdnt @EmmanuelMacron was angry coz @Malbrunot shared correct info that sanctions r hitting Lebanese officials it means either
1 Was not informed, therefore the #US is not coordinating
2 Was informed and feared the failure of his initiative

https://twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/1303387903834361860

In both cases, we known that further sanctions will soon be hitting the Lebanese President @General_Aoun allies and party members. These sanctions undermine the French initiative because the #US admin is burning the ground under any other initiative, including a new #US admin +

The #US ignorance in handling Middle Eastern countries is also due to Lebanese politicians' wishful thinking and lack of understanding on where the country could head in case these encourage the #US to impose further sanctions:
1. No normalisation with #Israel by #Lebanon +

2. No naturalisation for the Palestinian refugees in #Lebanon
2. No holding back to Syrian refugees willing to return to their country
3. No deal with #Israel on the Block 8 and 9 (maritime border dispute on oil and gas blocks)

5. Sanctions don't affect the Axis of the Resistance: Speaker Nabih Berri can't and won't drop his alliance with #Hezbollah
6. Christians Lebanese become less than a million & immigration is increasing. Most of those remaining understand the #US-#Israel is not their refuge

7. #US sanctions affect those with foreign accounts in western countries. #Hezbollah doesn't have bank account in western banks.
8. The US tried "maximum pressure" on #Iran, #Syria and #Lebanon: the result is a total fiasco and no submission even if sanctions are the harshest.

9. The #US sanctions are bringing back the situation in #Lebanon to the era prior to the #BeirutExplosion. Therefore, no government is expected within the delay wished by @EmmanuelMacron that is supposed to end this current week (Macron said 2 weeks).

So, business as usual.