Author: Political Commissar Studio Xiao Zhang
According to Agence France-Presse, US President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Rome, Italy, a few days ago, with bright smiles, shaking hands with each other, and making a joint statement on partnership. In order to discourage Macron, Biden did not hesitate to put down his body to "confess" to him: "Our approach is very clumsy and not graceful enough." In this regard, foreign media pointed out that this is by far the most explicit "confessional" behavior of Americans.
Apparently, Biden knew he was wrong and had to punch himself in the mouth a few times in exchange for France's forgiveness. After all, without warning, a tens of billions of dollars of French submarine orders were robbed, and no one could stand it. Of course, this is not difficult for Biden. Since coming to power, he has kneeled to others many times. Therefore, bending down to confess to Macron is not a shameful thing for him.
For a multi-billion dollar submarine deal, Biden had to repent of a nation weaker than himself for the first time. This can't be said to be Biden's "honesty", and if it is, then it should not have robbed the French of their submarine orders. Obviously, Biden's "confession" to the French at this time is actually a manifestation of the current situation in the United States that makes him feel helpless.
The United States has now fallen into a mess, but in order to maintain its hegemonic face, it has to punch a swollen face and provoke the two great powers of China and Russia at the same time. In this context, if Biden offends allies for the sake of profit, who will be willing to give them their lives in the future? So, he had to manage to get the forgiveness of the French. Of course, since the submarine order had fallen into the pockets of American arms dealers, the French could not expect to go back.
Of course, Biden's verbal "confession" alone will not save the French face. After all, Macron has inflicted such huge losses on French arms dealers that it is not enough to calm the anger of the people at home without finding a scapegoat to vent its anger. So, if Biden wants to get France's forgiveness, it's not enough to punch himself in the face, he must find a scapegoat for Macron to clean up for the French. In this way, for the United States and France, it can be regarded as the "best of both worlds."
So Biden pushed Australia out as a scapegoat. During his meeting with Macron, Biden told him, "I really don't know that France has not received a notice from Australia, and I have the impression that France has received a notice from Australia a long time ago about the cancellation of the transaction," according to the Observer Network.
Biden's implication is that we are not to blame for this storm, but to blame Australia for "messing things up", because they did not inform the United States in advance that the submarine trade had not been canceled. So much so that the "uninformed" United States "lost grace" to take over the submarine order. Therefore, the Observer Network said: Biden's statement suddenly embarrassed Australia.
Perhaps in Biden's vision, Australia should not feel embarrassed, or even "honored" by it. After all, since Australia has chosen to act as the pug dog of the United States, it is of course "obliged" to carry the pot for the master. So, now that Biden has thrown the black pot over, Morrison must unconditionally put the pot on his head and take all the responsibility for all this for the United States.
However, Morrison does not seem to be as cowardly as Biden imagined, on the contrary, after being wronged by Biden, he immediately fought back. The Observer Network said that Morrison not only did not pander to Biden's claims, but openly told the media: "We have long-term communication with the US government, so that they can understand in real time about our various discussions with France."
What is even more embarrassing to Biden is that Morrison does not intend to show mercy to the master at all, and he also confirmed to the media: "We considered the sensitivity of the new alliance, so we did not notify in advance about the cancellation of the French submarine order." Apparently, Morrison is telling Macron in the air, don't believe Biden's lies, the cancellation of the submarine order, the United States has long known, but France is the last to know.
A pot-throwing war between the two brothers in the United States and Australia has made the truth of the submarine storm come out to the world: Biden deceived Macron, and then dumped Morrison, which is the truth of the matter. In fact, it is no wonder that Morrison will be mad, Australia has long acted as the vanguard of the United States to contain China, but the result is not fished, but let their own market in China be robbed by the United States, and now they have to offend Biden's allies.
Macron is not a fool, naturally know that Biden is talking nonsense, and he is more aware that his loss is the result of the joint stabbing of the United States and Australia. However, Macron knows the truth and has no choice. After all, the United States and France are one superpower and the other is a middle power, and the balance of power between the two sides is unbalanced. In other words, Macron can't afford Biden, and he doesn't dare to completely turn his face with the United States for this tens of billions of dollars of submarine orders.
Therefore, the United States and France tacitly "shook hands and talked", but Australia, as Biden's scapegoat, was unlucky. Whether it was Morrison talking to Macron on the phone or greeting Macron with a cheeky face at the G20 summit a few days ago, he was trained by the other party as a grandson. What is even more distressing to Morrison is that due to the submarine storm, Australia's bilateral trade agreement with the European Union has been shelved. Apparently, Morrison's folly made Australia a scapegoat in great power diplomacy, and paid a heavy price for it.