President Obama's trip to China and the "stairs" incident put the bow on two terms of trying to popular rather than respected.  I just hope #45 understands what he or she is walking into. This is what happened in China, as explained by Dr. Krauthammer: The president of the United States lands with all the majesty of Air Force One, waiting to exit the front door and stride down the rolling staircase to the red-carpeted tarmac.  Except that there is no rolling staircase.  He is forced to exit -- as one China expert put it rather undiplomatically -- through “the ass” of the plane. We don't know if the incident was planned or accidental.  However, all of the leaders got the usual treatment, and "hope and change" didn't.  And no one apologized for doing this to the president of the U.S.  As they say, actions speak louder than words. It started in Egypt in 2009 with a speech...(Read Full Post)