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Biden Says U.S. Was ‘Clumsy’ In Rollout Of New Security Pact That Sunk French Submarine Deal

Biden Says U.S. Was ‘Clumsy’ In Rollout Of New Security Pact That Sunk French Submarine Deal
President Biden with French President Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Twitter account of President Biden.

President Biden on Friday said the White House was “clumsy” in its rollout of a new trilateral security partnership with the U.K. and Australia that frustrated France over its loss of a potential $90 billion submarine contract. Biden made the comment to the press during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Rome ahead of both leaders' attendance at the G20 Summit. “What happened was, to use an English phrase, what we did was clumsy. It was not done…

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