On Thursday, France considered that Australia had dealt it a “stab in the back” and that Biden had made a sudden decision “in the manner of “Trump”, after announcing the formation of a strategic alliance between Washington, Canberra and London that led to the termination of a contract for Australia’s purchase of French submarines.

“It’s really a stab in the back,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Info radio. We have built a relationship of trust with Australia. And this trust was betrayed,” he said, adding that “this unilateral, sudden and unexpected decision is very similar to what Trump was doing.”

AFP