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>annoying France and the EU
It's not annoying, but gaining control. The US grip loosened, and European countries and EU thought they can become sovereign (a country is sovereign when she has control over her finances, foreign politics, and military politics - in case of EU the last two highly depends on the will of the US govt.), and create their own multipolar world where EU is elevated next to the US. They thought the € will be the next currency next to dollar. That did not happen, and now the US tightens back the grip.
It's like a lid on a pot of boiling water. The US put the lid over half the European pot in 1945 then covered it fully in 1990. But 1990 unified the contents of the pot and now the boiling water shakes the lid down, so the US sits on the lid and says: stay.

It's the Theory of Power.
Those who have no power want to gain power over themselves.
Those who have power over themselves wants to gain power over others.
Those who have power over others want to keep that power.