"The US president was denied the usual red carpet welcome and forced to ‘go out of the ass’ of Air Force One, observers say
03.27 EDT Last modified on Sunday 4 September 2016 10.14 EDT
China’s leaders have been accused of delivering a calculated diplomatic snub to Barack Obama after the US president was not provided with a staircase to leave his plane during his chaotic arrival in Hangzhou before the start of the G20.
Chinese authorities have rolled out the red carpet for leaders including India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, Brazil’s president, Michel Temer, and the British prime minister, Theresa May, who touched down on Sunday morning.
But the leader of the world’s largest economy, who is on his final tour of Asia, was forced to disembark from Air Force One through a little-used exit in the plane’s belly after no rolling staircase was provided when he landed in the eastern Chinese city on Saturday afternoon."
Barack Obama 'deliberately snubbed' by Chinese in chaotic arrival at G20 | World news | The Guardian
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