Feb 182018
Well, this is multiple levels of disturbing:
Scoop: Skirmish in Beijing over the nuclear football
Apparently something a little less than entirely awesome may have occurred when Trump visited China back in November: a US military aide carrying the “nuclear football” was separated by Chinese security officers from the Presidential group. There was a physical confrontation between the Chinese and the US Secret Service before it all settled out.
Of course, this could turn out to be BS.
UPDATE:
U.S. Secret Service denies agent tackled Chinese official after John Kelly got into nuclear football brawl
Option 1: Take it at face value. Fake news!
Option 2: Well… what *would* they say? If the story was accurate, it would – or at least should – be an international incident and yet another embarrassment for the Secret Service, just exactly the sort of thing they’d want to keep quiet.
Six of one…