France agrees to send ambassador back to the U.S. after Biden apologizes
Karen Townsend Sep 23, 2021 10:01 PM ET
A phone call took place between Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday paving the way for reconciliation between the two countries. The call lasted for 30 minutes and by the end, both men agreed to find a path forward. France agreed to send its ambassador back to the U.S.
Yanking an ambassador during a squabble between two countries is meant as an attention-getting move, a show of anger over some perceived slight. In this case, we are hard-pressed to find another time when France recalled its ambassador from the U.S. France is America’s oldest ally and the relationship has remained unbroken through the years. That is until Joe Biden went behind Macron’s back and made a deal referred to as AUKUS. The defense pact between the U.S., U.K., and Australia cost France a submarine contract worth billions of dollars. Team Biden didn’t even bother to inform the French team working on a deal with France about the new alliance until hours before it was signed and announced on September 15.
Macron called the French ambassador back to France in a show of anger over the betrayal. A reception hosted by the French ambassador marking the 240th anniversary of the Battle of the Chesapeake was canceled. That battle was a naval victory for the French over a British fleet during the American Revolution. Biden has been begging for a phone call with Macron ever since. Perhaps Macron thought that leaving Biden hanging for a week was long enough.
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