On the 29th local time, when US President Biden met with French President Macron in Rome, on the one hand, he admitted that the "practice of cutting off" French and Australian submarines was "not good", on the other hand, he "sold" the Australian government, saying that he thought that the French side "very early" learned that the French and Australian submarine orders were yellow, and said "I don't know you were not told." After the news was exposed, public opinion on the Australian side was in an uproar.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald reported on the 30th, earlier this week, Australian Foreign Minister Payne said at a hearing that for the abandonment of the French-Australian submarine order, considering the high sensitivity of the US-British-Australian trilateral security partnership, "did not inform the French side in advance".
The heads of state of the United States and France met in Rome
Australian media commented that Biden's above statement in Rome is equivalent to "punching" the Australian government. In this regard, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd angrily rebuked the current Prime Minister Morrison, saying that he "should be out".
Rudd tweeted, "We have an Australian prime minister who thinks it can mislead the president of the United States. Morrison is reckless, making our national security and foreign policy increasingly dangerous, and it's time to get him out of the game. ”
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Australian netizens have also expressed their dissatisfaction with Morrison. Some netizens said, "It turns out that Morrison is an untrustworthy liar, which is a disaster for Australia's international reputation"; some netizens wrote, "Morrison only wants to increase the chips for re-election, and does not consider the negative impact on Australia at all"; and some netizens refute the US side, accusing it of "letting Australia carry the black pot".
Column Editor-in-Chief: Zhang Wu Text Editor: Dong Siyun Title Image Source: Xinhua News Agency Photo Editor: Yong Kai
Source: Author: Overseas Network