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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

White House denies a Biden-Macron rift: Leaders ‘have a warm and close relationship’

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Though they’re both staunch believers in alliances who are married to educators, US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron haven’t always gotten on like peas and carrots.

First, there was that awkward moment in late 2021 when Biden teamed up with the leaders of Australia and the UK to announce that the Aussies were ditching a deal to buy French-made submarines in favor of a new plan to buy nuclear-powered ones with American and British tech.

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