The President of the United States of America has had a very eventful weekend, diplomatically speaking. It began with Mr. Barack Obama having to exit Air Force One, through a rear exit without a red carpet, on his arrival in China for the G20 summit. American media alleges that Chinese officials had a heated argument with U.S., officials on the tarmac. A Chinese officer apparently shouted at them for trying to execute standard media practices that are followed whenever Mr. Obama lands in a foreign nation. Obama downplayed the incident later, saying it received undue attention.
At the G20 summit, Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin were photographed exchanging extremely cold stares. The two Presidents discussed the ongoing violence in Syria and possible cessation of hostilities, but Obama later stated that meetings with Putin are always challenging due to the lack of trust between the two nations.
Obama’s weekend was followed by a slew of unwarranted vitriol from the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. President Duterte, referred to Mr. Obama a “son of a b***h” in a speech on Monday. He later expressed his regret through a spokesperson, but Obama went ahead and cancelled a meeting with President Duterte which was supposed to happen sometime Today.
