{"id":937775,"date":"2021-10-29T14:29:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T18:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=937775"},"modified":"2021-10-29T14:29:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T18:29:50","slug":"biden-tells-frances-macron-the-u-s-was-clumsy-over-nuclear-submarine-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tells-frances-macron-the-u-s-was-clumsy-over-nuclear-submarine-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Tells France\u2019s Macron The U.S. Was \u2018Clumsy\u2019 Over Nuclear Submarine Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-tells-frances-macron-the-u-s-was-clumsy-over-nuclear-submarine-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=937775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Friday, President Joe Biden admitted to President Emmanuel Macron of France that his administration was \u201cclumsy\u201d in its handling of a security pact between the U.K., U.S. and Australia that lost France billions of dollars in nuclear submarine contracts.<\/p>\n<p>In the first meeting between the two leaders since the \u201cAukus pact\u201d was agreed, Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-59085806\">said<\/a> that it was important to \u201clook to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Macron met at France\u2019s Vatican embassy in Rome, Villa Bonaparte, and was part of a series of meetings between Biden and other world leaders ahead of numerous international summits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was under the impression that France had been informed long before that the deal was not going through, honest to God,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what happened \u2014 to use an English phrase \u2014 what we did was clumsy,\u201d Biden continued, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/10\/29\/politics\/macron-biden-meeting-rome\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>. \u201cIt was not done with a lot of grace. I was under the impression that certain things had happened that had not happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, Biden described France as \u201can extremely valued partner and a power in and of itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s too much we have done together, suffered together, celebrated together and value together for anything to be able to break this up. We\u2019re at one of those inflection points in world history. Things are changing. Pieces of the board are moving,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he was satisfied that the relations between France and the United States had been repaired, Macron told reporters, \u201cWe clarified together what we had to clarify.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow what\u2019s important is to be sure that such a situation will not be possible for our future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Macron also added that \u201cwhat really matters now is what we will do together in the coming weeks, the coming months, the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stab-in-the-back-france-rips-biden-for-cutting-it-out-of-anti-china-defense-deal\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported at the time, \u201cFrance accused the Biden administration of stabbing it \u2018in the back\u2019 over a defense agreement the U.S. recently made with Britain and Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States, Britain, and Australia announced a three-way agreement on Wednesday to form a military alliance to help Australia resist Chinese aggression in the region. Under the deal, the U.S. and Britain will aid Australia in building a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to counter the Chinese own submarine fleet,\u201d The Daily Wire reported on September 16. \u201cThe deal undercut an agreement Australia made with France in 2016 for France to supply Australia with a fleet of diesel-powered submarines. The new deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, President Joe Biden admitted to President Emmanuel Macron of France that his administration was \u201cclumsy\u201d in its handling of a security pact between the U.K., U.S. and Australia that lost France billions of dollars in nuclear submarine contracts.In the first meeting between the two leaders since the \u201cAukus pact\u201d was agreed, Macron said that it was important to \u201clook to the future.\u201dBiden and Macron met at France\u2019s Vatican embassy in Rome, Villa Bonaparte, and was part of a series of meetings between Biden and other world leaders ahead of numerous international summits.\u201cI was under the impression that France had been informed long before that the deal was not going through, honest to God,\u201d Biden said.\u201cI think what happened \u2014 to use an English phrase \u2014 what we did was clumsy,\u201d Biden continued, as reported by CNN. \u201cIt was not done with a lot of grace. I was under the impression that certain things had happened that had not happened.\u201dLater, Biden described France as \u201can extremely valued partner and a power in and of itself.\u201d\u201cThere\u2019s too much we have done together, suffered together, celebrated together and value together for anything to be able to break this up. We\u2019re at one of those inflection points in world history. Things are changing. Pieces of the board are moving,\u201d he added.When asked if he was satisfied that the relations between France and the United States had been repaired, Macron told reporters, \u201cWe clarified together what we had to clarify.\u201d\u201cNow what\u2019s important is to be sure that such a situation will not be possible for our future,\u201d he added.Macron also added that \u201cwhat really matters now is what we will do together in the coming weeks, the coming months, the coming years.\u201dAs The Daily Wire reported at the time, \u201cFrance accused the Biden administration of stabbing it \u2018in the back\u2019 over a defense agreement the U.S. recently made with Britain and Australia.\u201d\u201cThe United States, Britain, and Australia announced a three-way agreement on Wednesday to form a military alliance to help Australia resist Chinese aggression in the region. Under the deal, the U.S. and Britain will aid Australia in building a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to counter the Chinese own submarine fleet,\u201d The Daily Wire reported on September 16. \u201cThe deal undercut an agreement Australia made with France in 2016 for France to supply Australia with a fleet of diesel-powered submarines. The new deal sparked furious reactions from French officials as France was left out of the new agreement.\u201d\u201cThis brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision reminds me a lot of what Mr. Trump used to do,\u201d French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told franceinfo radio, according to Reuters. \u201cI am angry and bitter. This isn\u2019t done between allies.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s a stab in the back. We created a relationship of trust with Australia and that trust has been broken,\u201d Le Drian said.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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