Chinese Block Secret Service Agent in Tense Trump Showdown

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Chinese security officials refused to allow a U.S. Secret Service agent into an historic Beijing temple compound because he was carrying a gun.

The incident, on the first full day of Donald Trump’s state visit to China, led to an “intense” half-hour standoff between rival security officials, according to a reporter traveling with the president.

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“The pool’s entry to the temple complex was delayed by nearly half an hour by a lengthy and increasingly intense discussion between US and Chinese officials, after Chinese security refused to allow a Secret Service agent accompanying the pool to enter the temple compound with his weapon,” AFP correspondent Danny Kemp reported.

“A compromise was eventually found,” he added, without explanation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chinese-block-secret-agent-tense-090135551.html

[Irish_Dem]

1. Xi is letting Trump know who is the boss.

Xi could have let Trump security detail in with no problem.

[msongs]

2. same as making old man trump stand for a long military parade nt

[Irish_Dem]

3. Trump is too stupid to understand all the Chinese slights.

[CatWoman]

4. it started upon Trump's arrival

as Xi didn't even bother to meet/greet him at the airport

[Irish_Dem]

6. Exactly. The Chinese are formal, and love ceremony and ritual.

The arrival was important and Xi skipped it.

[malaise]

7. No

Follow the rules - you’re not at home and therefore not in charge.
More ugly American shit.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Xi is sending a strong message to Trump and Americans.

With one flick of a finger Xi could have let the Trump's security detail enter any place in China.

Xi is showing America who is in charge.

[newdeal2]

5. Trump's crack team didn't do any prep work ahead of time it seems

The best people.

[rictofen]

8. They pulled stuff like that during Obama's 2016 visit

They didn't provide the right airstairs for AF1, and then a Chinese official was shouting at Obama's team, saying it was their country, their airport.

And that was back when we had good leadership that didn't do shit like gang up on Zelenskyy in public.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/04/barack-obama-deliberately-snubbed-by-chinese-in-chaotic-arrival-at-g20