Maybe you didn’t hear the news.
Our grand and illustrious President traveled to the People’s Republic of China over the weekend to help smooth over relations with our largest economic rival.
The trip was scheduled to last for several days, but it only took the President about 2 minutes to embarrass himself in front of the Chinese.
Remember this the next time someone insists Obama is the suavest President of them all.
Here’s what happened.
After AirForce One arrived in Hanghzhou for the start of the G20 summit, President Obama ended up getting stuck in his plane for a few moments.
Apparently, his crew had requested a rolling staircase allowing him to exit from the plane in the usual fashion. But when no rolling staircase was provided, a shorter, squatter staircase was provided and he was made to exit from the belly of the plane.
This immediately led to the Obama team pointing fingers at the Chinese for the snub. They insisted the Chinese did this to slight the President (who could blame them?)
The Chinese insisted this was not the case. They said the stairs they provided to the President were the ones they had requested.
Here’s what Reuters reported regarding the incident.
“I think if only the American group had respected the working arrangements first made with China then this wouldn’t have occurred,” China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying reportedly said in Beijing on Monday.
“You saw that all the other country leaders all used the stairs that China provided. So why was it only the United States that didn’t? These were the stairs the United States requested.”
Speculation has been that Chinese officials intentionally embarrassed Obama at the Hangzhou airport on Saturday by failing to give him a proper staircase to disembark his aircraft.
Tensions were exacerbated on the tarmac when a Chinese official was reportedly antagonistic toward National Security Adviser Susan Rice and U.S. officials were scolded for trying to help American journalists get better access to Obama.
It’s sad to say but seeing as our President command so very little respect from foreign dignitaries it’s not a wonder they treated him this way.
If we had a world-class leader at the helm it’s unlikely our nation would be subject to these embarrassments. Other countries would do all they could to treat us with respect and with admiration. These past 8 years have seen our appearance slip on the national stage.
And you can be assured it’s not going to get any better with Hillary in office.
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