Posted on 10/06/2021 6:48:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A stunning admission from an administration insider that the President of The United States is clueless and out of touch on some of the most important strategic issues of the day was delivered to a French television audience by former Secretary of State and current presidential special envoy for climate John F. Kerry.
p>Last month, France recalled its ambassador to the United States in reaction to the secret negotiation of military alliance called AUKUS (Australia, UK and US) that resulted in cancellation of a gigantic (estimates as high as $66 billion) contract for Australia to buy French diesel submarines (to be assembled in Australia, but generating many jobs in France). Instead, Australia will use American nuclear technology, and push back the entry in service of the new submarine fleet by several years.The alliance that excluded France and devastated employment in its defense industries caught the French by surprise.
One might think that a new strategic alliance with a huge negative impact on our oldest ally might be something that POTUS ought to know about. Jim Geraghty of National Review, who broke the story, writes:
In an interview with French television, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry helpfully explains that President Biden simply had no idea that the U.S.-U.K.-Australia deal on submarines would irk the French government, and “had not been aware of what had transpired.”
Kerry: President Biden asked me about it, and I told him, and expressed–
Interviewer, surprised: You told Joe Biden that it was not the right-
Kerry: He asked me. He said, ‘what’s the situation?’ and I explained exactly, uh… He was he had not been aware of that, he literally, literally had not been aware of what had transpired.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
John Kerry admits in interview with French TV that Joe Biden had no idea about the fallout with the French from the AUKUS sub deal.
"He literally had not been aware of what had transpired" pic.twitter.com/EblvE05zKg — POLARIS (@polarisnatsec) October 5, 2021
VIDEO non twitter version
John Kerry: Biden had no Clue about submarine deal
https://rumble.com/vndd6o-john-kerry-biden-had-no-clue-about-submarine-deal.html
"... My president is very committed to, um, strengthening the relationship and making sure that this is a small event of the past and moving on to the much more important future."
Loyalty is a complete fiction with Democrats
In a normal and sane world, this would be the death knell for a Presidency. I had no idea what was going on with that treaty. The press would be pouring ink into the story by the bucketful. But we don’t live in a normal or sane world anymore.
How is submarines part of a Global Warming Nut’s job description ?
KERRY wants in on the reshuffling of the BYE-DONE administration. Vulture circling its prey to pick the bones of its intended victim.
What? No James Taylor song?
Very likely, this was a President Trump initiative which the Biden idiots overlooked and were not able to stop.
RE: What? No James Taylor song?
It’s there in the video after John Kerry’s remark to the French journalists.
“He literally had not been aware of what had transpired”
John F in Kerry was not just talking about the sub deal.
An out-of-it and incompetent ‘President’ has out-of-it and incompetent losers answering to him ….who are incapable of governing their OWN tongues???
WHAT could go wrong??
Biteme is unaware of anything unless ducktor Jill tells him.
Clearly.
Let’s make this easier. Make a list of things Joe is aware of....
Just sayin.
My mind goes back to Rush impersonating Bill Clinton:
“The buck never got here!”
Kerry was SOS, when this deal went down was he clueless as well?
He just like going to France to talk shite about America.
That may be part of it, yes. I also believe that the Brits have a much larger role in what transpired than the French are willing to publicly acknowledge. Whichever scenario is true, it seems that now the plan is to let muddle-headed Joe take most of the blame.
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