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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, a U.S. military aide, members of the Secret Service and Chinese officials got into a physical scuffle over the so-called nuclear football in November, said a Sunday evening report from Axios.com.
Five sources told Axios Jonathan Swan that on Nov. 9, as a delegation of U.S. officials including Kelly and President Donald Trump attempted to enter Beijings Great Hall of the People.
As the entourage crossed the threshold into the Great Hall, Chinese guards stopped the military aide tasked with carrying a briefcase containing the materials necessary for the president to authorize a nuclear strike, the so-called nuclear football. This aide is to remain close to the president at all times.
Axios said that when the aide was stopped, Kelly who had already entered the hall rushed to where the aide was being detained and ordered all U.S. personnel to continue into the Great Hall and disregard Chinese instructions. The Americans began to move forward.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/us-chinese-officials-got-physical-scuffle-nuclear-football-november-report/amp/?
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I would highly suggest that the codes are changed ASAP.....
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)johnp3907
(3,733 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)They claim they did advance coordination with China but the WH is in such chaos they could be lying
brush
(53,924 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,539 posts)Orange Free State
(611 posts)...if they had taken it away from him.