France Betrayed, Psaki Responds 

The United States managed to irritate one of its oldest allies, France, by picking up a deal to build submarines for Australia. The move clearly benefited the US but it’s clear it also harmed our relationship with France, Psaki was grilled on the subject and had an interesting response. 

Psaki was quick to dismiss the topic but did address the situation. Psaki told reporters that this administration valued its relationship with France but then quickly kicked the ball over to the Australians for a more in depth explanation on why the US took this deal. 

The deal between the US and Australia could not have come at a worse time, France was already upset with the United States as a result of the situation in Afghanistan and this deal only further cemented these issues.