A rough start for President Obama at the G20

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Jazz Shaw:

Before heading across the Pacific, the President seemed pretty excited about the prospect of meeting with China’ president and signing off on a new global warming treaty which China obviously has no intention of honoring and Congress apparently has no interest in approving at this time. But even though Barack Obama and Xi Jinping at least claim to see eye to eye on climate change, that doesn’t mean that everything in China was going to go smoothly. In fact, the Chinese – normally real sticklers on decorum – seemed to be sending not very subtle signals of their displeasure with the White House before Obama even had his feet on the tarmac. While everyone else was literally given the red carpet treatment, the American president found himself descending his plane’s utility stairway. (AT&T Live)

If President Barack Obama was hoping for a graceful start to his final trip to Asia as commander in chief, this wasn’t it.

Confrontations between Chinese officials and White House staff and other diplomatic dust-ups were out in the open from the moment Air Force One landed in Hangzhou, where world leaders were attending an economic summit.

The first sign of trouble: There was no staircase for Obama to exit the plane and descend on the red carpet. Obama used an alternative exit.

On the tarmac, a quarrel broke out between a presidential aide and a Chinese official who demanded the journalists traveling with Obama be prohibited from getting anywhere near him. It was a breach of the tradition observed whenever the American president arrives in a foreign place.

I first caught wind of this story at Liberty Unyielding, where J.E. Dyer picks apart the real first snub and explains why it’s such a big deal.

But those encounters have overshadowed what is so far the most marked sign of disfavor from China: not providing the ceremonial jet stairway for Obama to descend to a red carpet for his arrival.

That literally happened. Obama ended up having to come down a utility stairway from the back of Air Force One.

The AP story contains that nugget, and it’s confirmed by video of Obama’s arrival.

Here’s the video from Chinese TV that Dyer is talking about.

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Again King Obama gose over the heads of congress to force america to abide by another unconstitutional treaty more reason Obama need to go

On the tarmac, a quarrel broke out between a presidential aide and a Chinese official who demanded the journalists traveling with Obama be prohibited from getting anywhere near him. It was a breach of the tradition observed whenever the American president arrives in a foreign place.

So, color me confused.
Who breached tradition?
Obama for bringing journalists?
Or the Chinese for not allowing American journalists?

Donald Trump had weighed in about how he would react to protocol snubs like when no one was of a high rank to meet Air Force One. (like in Cuba in March and in Saudi Arabia in April)
He said, he’d ask the pilot, ”How much fuel do we have?” and, if possible, he be wheel’s up and out of there.

Funny this one.
Obama planned to bend over backwards for the Chinese.
Why snub him?
It’s getting to be a habit.