Macron Gets Biden to Apologize Before Real G-20 Work Begins
- Australia isn’t playing along and the U.K. is trolling Macron
- Ultimately, the U.S. has eye on a much bigger fish: China
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After weeks of bitter recriminations, French President Emmanuel Macron scored a diplomatic win from Joe Biden that he can take to the bank six months from an election.
On the eve of the Group of 20 summit meeting in Rome, the U.S. president admitted his administration had been “clumsy” in handling a new defense pact with Australia and the U.K. But there’s more work for Macron to do when talks begin in earnest this weekend.