Turns out Australia's foreign minister didn't say what Romney said he said. Not too good a start for Romney, who begins his foreign policy tour Wednesday, heading to London.
Was something lost in translation? Mitt Romney told a group of California donors that the foreign minister of Australia warned him there is talk abroad that America is “in decline” - but the Aussie official says that’s not what he meant. Romney met with Foreign Minister Bob Carr at the same San Francisco hotel where 250 donors paid up to $50,000 to rub elbows with the Republican candidate Sunday night.More from Politico
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But after Romney’s remarks made headlines, Carr’s spokesman suggested that the foreign minister did not intend to wade into a major ally’s presidential debate. He said Carr had only meant to express his confidence in the U.S. economy and not undermine it. “That interpretation is not correct,” the spokesman said of Romney’s comments to the National Times of Australia.
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