Obama: Air Force One staircase flub in China was ‘overblown’

Published September 8, 2016 12:25pm ET



President Obama said the Air Force One staircase incident in China over the weekend has been “overblown” by Republican nominee Donald Trump and others.

“I think anyone in the region would be puzzled” that the episode has “somehow become indicative of the work we’ve done here,” Obama said Thursday after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit wrapped up in Laos.

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