Exactly correct. Either the president gets the correct reception or they either don’t land or they demand re-feuling and leave. This whole situation shows such weakness. The problem is that Obama wants this silly climate change accord so badly he’ll do whatever it takes to get it, even if that means slinking out of the belly of Air Force One. The Chinese had all the power and they knew it. In any negotiation the party that cares the least about the outcome has the power, Obama is desperate for his climate change legacy and the Chinese used the opportunity to make the POTUS look irrelevant to the world.
Obama wants this silly climate change accord so badly he’ll do whatever it takes to get it, even if that means slinking out of the belly of Air Force One.