BREAKING: France will send its ambassador back to Washington next week after French President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden spoke by phone to address a dispute over submarines. Macron and Biden plan to meet next month in Europe.https://t.co/eN7ECVU85r
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 22, 2021
On the French row over the trilateral nuclear submarine deal, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told reporters, ‘I just think it's time for some of our dearest friends around the world to 'prenez un grip' about all this, 'donnez-moi un break’ https://t.co/e45wfM9nIV pic.twitter.com/TzVC5RWHAs
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 22, 2021
“I just think its time for some of our dearest friends around the world to prenez un grip [get a grip] about all this. Donnez-moi un break [give me a break],” Johnson said. https://t.co/Hz6z2dDNf4
— The Hill (@thehill) September 22, 2021
Joe Biden has offered an olive branch to French president Emmanuel Macron to soothe tensions that erupted over France’s exclusion from a new trilateral security pact that deprived Paris of a long-planned submarine deal https://t.co/bHdfKMzi9C
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 22, 2021
TELEGRAPH: @BorisJohnson and @POTUS ‘astonished’ at Macron #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/70soNQCSSr
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 22, 2021
Boris Johnson has indicated that a comprehensive free trade deal between the UK and US is some way off – having once said London would be "first in line" for an agreement with Washington https://t.co/seLDH7Q1KC
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 22, 2021
Boris Johnson chose not to wear a mask during his meeting with the Brazillian health ministerhttps://t.co/nBrEB7e9ku
— The National (@ScotNational) September 22, 2021
Brazilian minister tests positive for Covid after meeting maskless Johnson https://t.co/W80t5aEjTK
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 22, 2021
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to have missed efforts by Trump and Republicans to subvert results of the 2020 election — saying “everybody on Capitol Hill” stands up for the principle of democracy.
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) September 22, 2021
How it started. How it's going. #BorisJohnson #Brexit pic.twitter.com/RR5K3lFUV1
— Junker Barlow💣💥 (@MrJunkerBarlow) September 22, 2021
Laura Kuenssberg's take: Majority of UK homes still have "more than sufficient levels" of energy, Boris Johnson succeeds again pic.twitter.com/S5WRbDOdf0
— The Small, Quiet Voice of Reason (@NotATory2) September 22, 2021
This week so far:
— Henry Mance (@henrymance) September 22, 2021
Boris Johnson: the Dutch prime minister agreed to mediate over Brexit
Dutch officials: that’s not true
Boris Johnson: Biden and I didn’t speak about Northern Ireland
US officials: that’s not true https://t.co/Sk65Q1oyIk
Live updates as more information comes in.. #BorisJohnson #USTradeDeal #PresidentBiden #TradeDeal pic.twitter.com/ZLIek4BubA
— Frank Lee If It Looks Like A Duck.. 😷🦆🤬✍🏼🧶💙 (@BurtOHare) September 22, 2021
Meanwhile…
The debate over the debt limit — often called the debt ceiling — is heating up again on Capitol Hill. But government officials, business leaders and economists are raising the alarms, saying not addressing it in a timely manner would be disastrous.
— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@wjz) September 22, 2021
https://t.co/mPF2DKpyWn
I went though the political history of shutdown/debt ceiling fights.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 22, 2021
Lessons:
1. GOP almost always forces them
2. Public almost always blames GOP significantly more
3. GOP usually caves, though it occasionally gets some (usually smaller) concessionshttps://t.co/f5La7M0gGX
New — Economists find prolonged debt ceiling breach would:
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) September 21, 2021
— Cost up to ~6 million jobs
— Wipe out ~$15 trillion in household wealth
— Drive unemployment rate to ~9%
— Increase borrowing costs
GOP refusing to help Ds/WH as clock ticks …https://t.co/PGJqEpTjuN
The GOP is threatening to blow up the US economy with their insanely reckless debt ceiling gambit. They would damage the lives of every American and weaken the country at a critical moment. Yet most Americans don't know or understand this. That is a failure of the media.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) September 22, 2021
BREAKING: Democrats release video showing Mitch McConnell contradicting himself on the debt ceiling between Trump and Biden: pic.twitter.com/vSZyqAkTHo
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) September 22, 2021
It's infrastructure … year?
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) September 22, 2021
More Bramhall cartoons: https://t.co/64Tcz3hsR3 pic.twitter.com/UvHE9rnm7c
"My full expectation is the vote will happen on Monday and my hope is my colleagues will support a bipartisan infrastructure bill," Rep. Stephanie Murphy says.
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) September 22, 2021
This just isn't coming through in the reporting. GOPs are saying Dems have to raise the debt ceiling on their own. But that's just what Dems r trying to do. GOPs are filibustering it in the Senate. They're not standing aside and saying do it yourself. They're blocking it.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 22, 2021
"I do believe it's time to call the Republicans out over this, are you kidding me on the debt ceiling," Sen. Warren tells @halliejackson.
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 22, 2021
"What are we trying to raise the debt ceiling for now? To cover the debts that were incurred during the Trump Administration." pic.twitter.com/upmp4k3zAO
Pause to think about how ludicrous the debt ceiling stuff is. Reminds me of the Blazing Saddles sheriff threatening to shoot … himself … unless his demands are met.
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) September 22, 2021
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