"fifth wheel on the carriage

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French foreign minister says France didn't recall the British ambassador over the AUKUS row because France is familiar with the UK's "permanent opportunism" and said Boris Johnson was the "fifth wheel on the carriage".

— Kim Willsher (@kimwillsher1) September 18, 2021

f ifth wheel

(四輪の車で)予備車輪、(四輪馬車の)転向輪、無用の長物

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My take on France's decision to recall its Ambassador to the United States. Is Paris overreacting ? The answer is no. A 🧵 on the real reasons behind the French decision.

— Pierre Morcos (@morcos_pierre) September 17, 2021

·This is a true breach of trust. U.S. behavior is seen in Paris as unilateral and brutal. A reminiscence of the Trump administration. The only way to ensure that Washington understand the gravity of this crisis was to make this diplomatic move. Communiqués were not enough. And mild reassurances from the U.S. administration neither.

米議会が慰安婦決議したときも、もっときつい対応してやればよかったんだよ、日本も。