Reporter Jonathan Swan at Axios broke a big story Sunday when he revealed that when President Donald Trump was in China on Nov. 9, 2017, visiting Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, a fight broke out between U.S. Secret Service and Chinese security officials over the nuclear football.

The news traveled across the world on Sunday.

One of the Chinese security officials even grabbed White House Chief of Staff Marine Gen. John Kelly, who promptly shoved the hand off his body and then a Secret Service agent tackled the Chinese security official to the ground.

The nuclear football is an extremely important briefcase that travels with the U.S. President anywhere he goes. It’s a mobile command center that President Trump would use were he to have to order a nuclear attack. It is meant to serve as the President’s hub for this kind of action when he’s away from fixed command centers such as the White House Situation Room.

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Due to the exclusivity of the reporting by Axios, this is their report in its entirety below.

Axios’ report stated: