No, it is not a “troll”, but an official account which has more than 147,000 subscribers. The Quai d’Orsay has adopted a communications strategy that is astonishing to say the least, now deploying a new tool every day: the X “French Response” account.
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Launched last September, it aims to “counter the fallacious attacks of which (France is) the target”in the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, in The World. “French Response” also responds to “hostile foreign allegations” and plays a fact-checking role in “restoring the truth”. However, the tone is intended to be different from the usual institutional channels : the replates are sometimes dyedees d‘humor or accompanimenteare GIFs.
Among the first personalities targeted was American Senator Marco Rubio. He criticized France’s recognition of the State of Palestine, adopted in September 2025 during the United Nations General Assembly. “The minute – the day – that France announced that it would do so, Hamas withdrew from the negotiating table”he said. “French Response” then replied: “No, the recognition of a State of Palestine did not cause the failure of negotiations on the release of Israeli hostages. »
Since then, the account has multiplied the replies against American figures. Recently, for example, he attacked Elon Musk. On January 10, the businessman criticized the British government by sharing a graphic on arrests linked to online comments, accompanied by the question: “Why is the British government so fascist? » The next day, “French Response” reacted in a very remarkable way, by broadcasting a photo of Elon Musk making a gesture interpreted by many commentators as a Nazi salute.
The same day, the account also attacked the statements of the vice-president of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, who had threatened the EU with conflict. “ These stupid European leaders want a war in Europe. It has been said a thousand times: Russia will not accept any European or NATO troops in Ukraine, but no, Micron continues to peddle this pitiful nonsense. Well, let’s see! This is what awaits you »he warned, sharing a video of Russian strikes against Ukraine. “French Response” responded ironically, publishing a yawning emoji accompanied by the message: “Be afraid of Russia. »
Even more recently, the former Russian president mocked the “Gallic rooster” Who “will get carried away and give up Greenland”. The French account responded by sharing an image of a bear flailing before stumbling, accompanied by the hashtag #Year4, in reference to the fourth year of the Russian invasion war in Ukraine.
