As Twitchy reported Saturday, President Obama’s goodbye world tour had a rough landing in China, where American reporters told of screaming matches between White House officials and the Chinese delegation, who were insistent on keeping the press at a distance.

Government official was not happy that reporters were under the wing of AF1. WH press aide would not back down. pic.twitter.com/C3JRVIe37K — Roberta Rampton (@robertarampton) September 3, 2016

1st of several clashes Saturday as Chinese officials try to restrict WH press pool coverage. https://t.co/yJEtgN3uRz — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 3, 2016

No staircase and a confrontation. President Obama's final trip to Asia gets off to a bumpy start. https://t.co/oLm3DLUFyo — The Associated Press (@AP) September 3, 2016

Actual answer: airplane stairs https://t.co/rNmnIKkOxi — Erik Crouch (@erikcrouch) September 4, 2016

About that whole staircase thing … sure President Obama was made to “go out of the ass” of Air Force One in a deliberate diplomatic snub, but he doesn’t want anyone to “over-crank” the whole incident.

AFP asks Obama about kerfuffle at airport — Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) September 4, 2016

Obama on G20 airport "kerfuffle": "I wouldn't over-crank the significance of it" — Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) September 4, 2016

It really doesn’t seem like a big issue — that is, until you see how China has greeted other world leaders. For comparison, here are side-by-side photos of President Obama’s arrival and that of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Yeah, that was definitely done on purpose. We’re not going to over-crank it, though; we’ll just crank it a little.

If this happened to Xi in the U.S. we would never hear the end of 1.3 billion people's hurt feelings https://t.co/JhWcrLxiuA — Didi Kirsten Tatlow (@dktatlow) September 3, 2016

In mandarin we say whoever comes is a guest. Definitely not normal. Wonder what POTUS has to say https://t.co/Qm9lIZA8OK by @tomphillipsin — Harvard Zhang (@harvardzhang) September 4, 2016

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