Arguably there is little that's more obscene than crassness, and the setting of a poor example. I suggest that the Obamas have managed to tick both boxes.
The alleged 'cultural' visit by Michelle, her sour-faced mum and the two kids, is a display in ostentatious excess, with what is little more than a holiday at US taxpayers' expense - and some expense. The various headlines include the $8,400 per night cost of staying over at some-or-other hotel, and a similar cost associated with another stay at a different hotel. Whatever the costs of that, though, they are dwarfed by the massive amount that's spent on security and the flights and the whole fucking shebang.
I would say that the worst export the USA could have forced upon China was the Obama women, as I fail to see what possible benefit could be derived from any party through the freebie pissing about that so many are photographing and filming. Sure, for the four travellers, there's a jaunt that costs them nothing, and people are pandering [reference to pandas intended] to them. For everyone else, though, it's a headache and pointless. How there could be any argument that Michelle's gallumphing around has a benefit to USA-China relations is beyond me. A 'person-to-person' soft diplomatic tour is a laughable description of the visit!
It seems completely mad that a family can have such a holiday when the world is perhaps on the verge of a further crisis regarding the relationship with Russia.
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