Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce on Wednesday defended Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison amid the diplomat row with France that erupted this week. Speaking to ABC radio, Joyce, who has been acting as prime minister while Morrison was abroad, noted that French President Emmanuel Macron calling Morrison a liar was a bigger diplomatic issue than the text messages being leaked as evidence to refute Macron’s claims. Macron had told Australian reporters in Glasgow that he knew Morrison had lied about the AU$90 billion (US$67 billion) submarine deal. Joyce said the leak was “not as extraordinary” as calling another country’s leader “a liar when they’re not,” News.com.au reported. “We had a major political leader call the Prime Minister of Australia a liar and you can’t do that, diplomatically,” Joyce said. “You can’t go around calling other leaders of other countries a liar. “Not [the leader of] a great nation of France. Some tinpot …