Did President Biden Lie To French President Macron That He Did Not Know France Was Not Told Their Sub Contract With Australia Was Cancelled?

 

Daily Mail: White House documents reveal Biden's National Security Council KNEW France hadn't been told about $90bn submarine contract with Australia, throwing his apology to Macron into doubt 

* Documents obtained by The Australian suggest President Joe Biden knew France hadn't been told Australia planned to cancel the submarine deal 

* The paper reported on the existence of a 15-page documents, signed off on by the National Security Council, that details how AUKUS would be announced 

* The document says Australia would tell France the submarine deal wasn't happening on September 16, the same day of the AUKUS announcement 

* NSC, British and Australian officials discussed how best to tend to France's bruised feelings once AUKUS was official, the paper said 

* Biden told French President Emmanuel Macron: 'I was under the impression that France had been informed long before that the deal was not going through' 

* Macron maintains he was blindsided, while Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he gave Macron a heads up the deal was in trouble in June 

The White House knew France would be taken by surprise by Australia cancelling their $90billion submarine contract, according to a report Monday that throws doubt on President Joe Biden's claims French President Emmanuel Macron knew in advance that the deal was doomed. 

The Australian reported the existence of a 15-page document laid out in detail how the world would learn about the new AUKUS pact which caused a diplomatic rift and caused the French to pull their U.S. ambassadors. 

The document, signed off by Biden's advisers in the National Security Council, said Australia would tell France on September 16 - the day AUKUS was announced - that it would be pulling out of the submarine deal.  

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Update #1: Biden reportedly knew France had no warning of Australia-US submarine pact (NYPost)  

Update #2: Biden’s advisers ‘certainly knew’ French sub contract hadn’t been terminated (SKY News)  

WNU Editor: Either President Biden lied to French President Macron, or no one bothered to tell President Biden that France would only know that the sub was cancelled on September 16, the day AUKUS was announced. 

Either explanations make President Biden look bad, and the diplomatic damage is alrady starting. 

For one. Australia now feels President Biden is scapegoating them to salvage his relationship with France .... How Joe Biden threw Scott Morrison under the bus (The Australian), hence the leak of all of these documents to the Australian press.

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