Biden admits to France's Macron that U.S. sub deal was "clumsy"

President Joe Biden on Friday admitted to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that the United States was "clumsy" in its handling of a U.S.-British nuclear submarine deal with Australia that stunned Paris and created a diplomatic rift.The bilateral talks, held in Rome ahead of the Group of 20 summit, was the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since ties soured over the deal, which was announced in September as an initiative of a new "AUKUS" security partnership.The deal resulted in Australia ditching a French diesel-powered submarine contract for a nuclear option offered by …READ FULL ARTICLE