Chaos Explodes Outside White House As Chinese Reporters Push, Shove For Better Position

Scuffling broke out on the White House grounds Thursday as Chinese journalists jostled for camera position ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to video captured by reporters on scene. Footage showed members of the traveling Chinese press corps crowding into place and ignoring instructions from U.S. Secret Service agents, prompting raised voices and a standoff over where officials could set up cameras, according to Daily Caller.

Christian Datoc of the Washington Examiner said the confrontation grew tense enough that Secret Service and White House officials threatened to remove a Chinese official accused of blocking shots from official White House cameras. Datoc described a dispute breaking out on the South Lawn over camera placement just minutes before Xi's arrival. Connor Stringer of The Telegraph reported that shouting erupted as the Chinese delegation would not clear space for Secret Service personnel.

Mary Margaret Olohan of the Daily Wire drew a distinction between the two press corps, saying American reporters are typically aggressive but noted that Chinese journalists were "physically aggressive" and refused to follow directions from staff and Secret Service. One post referenced separately claimed members of the Chinese press corps had previously trampled a White House staffer, though no further detail was given.

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