China blames United States, journalists for Obama airport fiasco

“The truth is they [other countries] don’t respect us”. “They have pictures of other leaders going there coming down with attractive red carpet”, he said.

As Obama was preparing to attend the G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, US officials balked at requiring President Obama to use a staircase provided by the Chinese to disembark his airplane instead of the set of rolling stairs flown in by the US, leading some to wonder if the gesture was simple oversight or a subtle sign of disrespect.

For other notable attendees of the high-profile meeting of powerful heads of state, Chinese authorities provided the red-carpet treatment for Russian president Vladimir Putin, South Korean president Park Geun-hye, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, British prime minister Theresa May and Brazilian president Michel Temer. “And Obama’s coming down a metal staircase, probably was built in China, wasn’t built here”.

China had tried its best to meet the requirements of all G-20 delegations, including those of the USA, she added. “These media, are highly unprofessional as they fabricated news and added wild guesses to it without getting to the bottom of this issue”. “This would only consolidate the impression that some western media are arrogant and big-headed”.

“Part of the reason is because we insist on a certain approach to our press pool, for example, that other countries may not insist on”, he told reporters at a press conference. “We’ve got a lot of planes and a lot of helicopters and a lot of cars and a lot of guys, and if you’re a host country, sometimes it may feel a little bit much”. “These media outlets totally disregard China’s efforts to take security precautions for such a huge gathering and to play a constructive role in advancing relations with the United States, and instead they aggressively make a fuss over the spats”. Perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One. The Washington Post’s Fact Checker gave Trump’s claim four Pinocchios. Book now to enjoy great deals at 400 restaurants across China!