Secret Service agent tackled Chinese security official over nuclear football on Trump's China visit

[F-22Raptor]

A US Secret Service agent reportedly tackled a Chinese security official during President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing in November after attempts to block the movement of the "nuclear football."

The nuclear football, officially known as the president's emergency satchel, is a black leather briefcase that allows the US president to authorize a nuclear strike while away from a command center. It is carried by a military aide and is supposed to be in close proximity to the president at all times.

But according to a report from the news website Axios, when Trump met with President Xi Jinping in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Chinese security blocked the entry of the aide carrying the nuclear football.

A US official quickly informed Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, who "rushed over" and told US officials, "We're moving in."

As the US delegation started moving into the hall, a Chinese security official "grabbed Kelly," who pushed away the man's hand, according to Axios. It was then that a US Secret Service agent apparently tackled the security official to the ground.

The briefcase was reportedly never touched by a foreign official, with the head of the Chinese security head later apologizing about the incident. Axios said five sources confirmed the brief incident.

Last year, during one of Trump's many visits to his Mar-a-Lago resort in southern Florida, a club member took a photo of a military aide who was reportedly responsible for carrying the nuclear football and posted it on Instagram. The incident raised concerns over whether the briefcase was still the best way for highly sensitive military information to be made available to the president on short notice.

http://www.businessinsider.com/nuclear-football-secret-service-china-2018-2

Way to go China, you nearly sparked a diplomatic crisis!

 

[khansaheeb]

Yep, don't mess with US special forces personnel.

 

[Khanate]

"Nuclear football".

 

[Lucky Breeze]

Ethan hunt's latest adventure.

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

It was then that a US Secret Service agent apparently tackled the security official to the ground.

The Chinese security officials should have opened fire.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

What a bunch of hilly billies.
Making a violent fuss wherever they go.
Leaving a trail of destruction

 

[Corona]

What a bunch of hilly billies.
Making a violent fuss wherever they go.
Leaving a trail of destruction

Justified when it's nuclear weapons we're talking about.

 

[gambit]

The Chinese security officials should have opened fire.

He must have missed the next class: Advanced Thuggery.

 

[gambit]

decent manners cannot be expected from the rednecks

Nor from ill trained Chinese security personnel.

 

[neem456]

Idiot made a fool of himself and then got his nose rubbed on ground

 

[Han Patriot]

Nor from ill trained Chinese security personnel.

Ill trained, you are in our country and you tackled our security personnel. Time for some meth again bruh?

 

[52051]

We believe this is what happened just because it is reported along with all the fake news?

 

[Ajaxpaul]

I must have been hilarious...Anyways they apologized.

 

[gambit]

Ill trained, you are in our country and you tackled our security personnel. Time for some meth again bruh?

Your man laid hands on the president's Chief of Staff, who is essentially a diplomat whenever he travels with the president. The Secret Service agent was only doing his job. Maybe it is YOU who are on meth.

 

[Han Patriot]

Your man laid hands on the president's Chief of Staff, who is essentially a diplomat whenever he travels with the president. The Secret Service agent was only doing his job. Maybe it is YOU who are on meth.

Laid hands? as in slap him? If someone tap him and tell him something is wrong, that is laid hands? You are in China, governed by our laws...this is not Texas cowboy. Btw, not sure you are even American or Vietcong.