{"id":59125,"date":"2018-02-19T04:26:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59125"},"modified":"2018-02-19T04:39:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T04:39:51","slug":"john-kelly-chinese-officials-caused-commotion-over-nuclear-football-in-beijing-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/john-kelly-chinese-officials-caused-commotion-over-nuclear-football-in-beijing-report-says.html","title":{"rendered":"John Kelly, Chinese officials caused commotion over nuclear football in Beijing, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">John Kelly, Chinese officials caused commotion over nuclear football in Beijing, report says<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">President Donald Trump has boasted repeatedly about his big and powerful \u201cnuclear button\u201d \u2014 but according to a new report, it almost got away from him last year in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">According to Axios, five sources said that on Nov. 9, during Trump\u2019s visit to Beijing\u2019s Great Hall of the People, Chief of Staff John Kelly and a U.S. Secret Service agent had a \u201cskirmish\u201d with Chinese security officials over the so-called nuclear \u201cfootball,\u201d which helps set a nuclear strike order in motion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">When the U.S. military aide carrying the football entered the Great Hall, Axios reported, Chinese security officials blocked his entry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Kelly, in the adjoining room, was told, and the former United States Marine Corps general rushed over and told U.S. officials to keep walking, according to Axios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cWe\u2019re moving in,\u201d Kelly said \u2014 and his team all started moving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">A Chinese security official then grabbed Kelly, and Kelly shoved the man\u2019s hand off of his body, according to Axios. Then a U.S. Secret Service agent grabbed that Chinese security official, and tackled him to the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Axios reported that at no point did the Chinese have the nuclear football in their possession or even touch the briefcase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The process for launching a nuclear strike is secret and complex. The nuclear football is carried by a rotating group of military officers everywhere the president goes and is equipped with communication tools and a book with prepared war plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">If the president were to order a strike, he would identify himself to military officials at the Pentagon with codes unique to him. Those codes are recorded on a card known as the \u201cbiscuit\u201d that is carried by the president at all times. He then would transmit the launch order to the Pentagon and Strategic Command.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/02\/18\/john-kelly-chinese-officials-caused-commotion-over-nuclear-football-in-beijing-report-says.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/john-kelly-chinese-officials-caused-commotion-over-nuclear-football-in-beijing-report-says.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Kelly, Chinese officials caused commotion over nuclear football in Beijing, report says President Donald Trump has boasted repeatedly about his big and powerful \u201cnuclear button\u201d \u2014 but according to a new report, it almost got away from him last year in China. 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