IF it is actually executed properly, working with us is the smart choice for the Aussies. The French will just have to suck it up.
The French were working on an offer of diesel subs. We offered the chance to go nuclear. No brainer for Oz, sour grapes for France.
What really irks the crap out of me is the fact that the European nations say, “why build a sub?” “the Yanks will build one for us.
Of course the Arms makers love that attitude.
We are suckers and President Trump got raked for his demand that NATO nations start paying for their defense.
Fairness is a foreign concept to the greedy nations of the world. Let them taste the Socialism/Communism bitter pill.