Coverage dated October 28, 2021 to October 29, 2021

Biden Tells Macron US ‘Clumsy' in Australia Submarine Deal

Headline from NBC4 Washington

President Joe Biden has told French President Emmanuel Macron that America was “clumsy” in its orchestration of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia

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Reports & sources

35 articles, oldest first.

  1. Mitchell Daily Republic

    Biden meets with France's Macron, calls U.S. 'clumsy' in submarine deal (opens Mitchell Daily Republic)

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    Mitchell Daily Republic's feed description

    The U.S. decision to secretly negotiate a new agreement drew outrage from Paris

  2. NBC4 Washington

    Biden Tells Macron US ‘Clumsy' in Australia Submarine Deal (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    President Joe Biden has told French President Emmanuel Macron that America was “clumsy” in its orchestration of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia

  3. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Biden Tells Macron US ‘Clumsy' in Australian Submarine Deal (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    President Joe Biden has told French President Emmanuel Macron that America was “clumsy” in its orchestration of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia.

  4. Insider

    Biden tells Macron the submarine deal that caused a major rift with France was 'clumsy' and not handled 'with a lot of grace' (opens Insider)

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    The debacle resulted in France pulling its ambassador from the US for the first time in the history of America's oldest alliance.

  5. Breitbart News

    Joe Biden Admits to Emmanuel Macron He Was Clueless and 'Clumsy' over Axed Australian Submarine Deal (opens Breitbart News)

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    President Joe Biden met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, admitting he was unaware he had upset the French.

  6. Local News 8

    Biden tells French President the US was 'clumsy' in handling nuclear submarine deal (opens Local News 8)

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    By Maegan Vazquez, 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 r…

  7. NBC News

    Biden to meet with France's Macron as U.S. looks to mend fences after submarine spat (opens NBC News)

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    The sitdown is the first face-to-face meeting since French officials said they felt blindsided last month by a U.S. decision to sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia.

  8. The Columbian

    Biden tells Macron U.S. ‘clumsy’ in Australian submarine deal (opens The Columbian)

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    ROME — Meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, President Joe Biden said America was “clumsy" in its orchestration of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia, an arran

  9. France 24

    Biden tells Macron US was ‘clumsy’ over Australian submarine deal (opens France 24)

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    Meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, President Joe Biden said America was “clumsy" in its orchestration of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia, an arrangement that…

  10. Al Jazeera

    Biden tells France’s Macron, US was ‘clumsy’ in Aussie sub deal (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Biden praises France as ‘valued partner’, Macron says France’s concerns ‘clarified’ over lost $60bn submarine contract.

  11. Tampa Bay Times

    Biden tells Macron U.S. ‘clumsy’ in Australia submarine deal (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    The American president didn’t formally apologize, but he conceded the U.S. should not have caught France, its oldest ally, by surprise.

  12. CBS News

    Biden says in meeting with Macron that handling of French submarine contract was "clumsy" (opens CBS News)

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    The president said that "it was not done with a lot of grace." This summer, the French lost a multi-billion-dollar submarine contract with Australia, which opted to use U.S. technology instead.

  13. Politico

    Biden: Rollout of submarine deal that irked France was 'clumsy' (opens Politico)

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    Biden lamented the handling of the September announcement of a trilateral security and technology-sharing agreement among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  14. The Guardian

    Biden admits to Macron the US was ‘clumsy’ in Aukus submarine deal (opens The Guardian)

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    American president moves to repair relationship after France was blindsided by security pact

  15. Fox5 Atlanta

    Biden admits to Macron US was 'clumsy' in Australian submarine deal (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    “I think what happened was — to use an English phrase — what we did was clumsy," President Joe Biden said, adding the submarine deal “was not done with a lot of grace.”

  16. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Biden to Macron: U.S. 'clumsy' in submarine deal (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Working to patch things up with an old ally, President Joe Biden told French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday the U.S. had been "clumsy" in its handling of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia, an arrangement that left France in the lurch and rattled Europe's faith in American loya…

  17. PBS NewsHour

    Biden tells Macron U.S. was 'clumsy' in Australia submarine deal (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    President Joe Biden has told French President Emmanuel Macron that America was "clumsy" in its orchestration of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.