CNN: Biden tells French President the US was 'clumsy' in handling nuclear submarine deal
(CNN)President Joe Biden on Friday admitted that his administration was "clumsy" in its handling of the deal that deprived France of billions in defense contracts.
The comment came during of a closely watched meeting with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in Rome, meant to repair fractured ties after a rift over an agreement to provide Australia with submarines.
"I was under the impression that France had been informed long before that the deal was not going through, honest to God," Biden said on Friday, sitting alongside Macron in the French Embassy to the Holy See.
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Update #1: In meeting with France's Macron, Biden says U.S. was 'clumsy' handling nuclear submarine deal (USA Today)
Update #2: Biden meets Macron, calls AUKUS announcement that angered France 'clumsy' (FOX News)
WNU Editor: Bottom line. France must accept the fact that it has lost a $60 billion arms deal with Australia to the US and the U.K...