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In reply to the discussion: 🚨 BREAKING: Trump has arrived in China to find that President XI did NOT greet him at the airport. [View all]GiqueCee
(4,686 posts)23. This is...
... a serious loss of face for Trump, although he's too ignorant to realize it. "Face" is VERY important to the Chinese, and in this context it is a subtle, but unmistakable dope-slap upside the head to a dumb-ass American who is doing his damnedest to fuck up the world.
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🚨 BREAKING: Trump has arrived in China to find that President XI did NOT greet him at the airport. [View all]
riversedge
21 hrs ago
OP
No red carpet for Trump (none that I can see) --that alone is a hit to Trumps EGO!
riversedge
20 hrs ago
#7
I think he expected a lot more than kids waving flags as he arrived with his billionaire entourage
Deuxcents
20 hrs ago
#10
This happened in 2017 as well. But this time he was greeted by the vice president instead of a state councilor, so it's
WhiskeyGrinder
18 hrs ago
#25
Why would a vassal of a subordinate power expect to be treated like an emperor?
quakerboy
18 hrs ago
#31
I'm trying to remember when Chump has ever greeted a visitor at the airport
FakeNoose
17 hrs ago
#41
Hope Trump had to hitchhike from the airport to his hotel room with five big suitcases in tow.
magicarpet
17 hrs ago
#42
Is there anywhere that Trump is still respected? International travel will be dangerous for his sons after he's gone
ChicagoTeamster
17 hrs ago
#46