Bloomberg: Xi, Putin Stay at Chinese-Owned Waldorf Obama Snubbed
Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves the White House, where he discussed the theft of commercial secrets, and heads to New York to check in tonight at the Waldorf Astoria, where his privacy is sure to be guaranteed by the hotel’s new Chinese owners.
On Sunday, Xi will be joined by Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who also picked the Waldorf for his first stay in Manhattan in a decade, according to diplomats preparing for the Eurasian leaders’ address to the annual seven-day session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The occupancy of two such high-profile figures, whose countries routinely vote in tandem at the UN Security Council, comes as the U.S. instead switches loyalties after a decades-long tradition of staying at the storied hotel built on a former cemetery. President Barack Obama and his entourage will relocate to South Korean-owned Lotte New York Palace Hotel for UNGA week.
WNU Editor: I can guarantee one thing about this arrangement .... Russian President Putin and Chinese President Xi will be having a private talk Sunday night. On a side note .... who is taking the Presidential Suite? (see above video).
Aw, go in, really? The SAME hotel?? And talking the night before the big meeting?
ReplyDeleteInconceivable!
I know one thing, if they talk about the Canadians at all it'll sou d something like this:
"Don't worry about those dummies. Nobody cares what they have to say about anything anyway."
You don't say.....
ReplyDeleteThere are four penthouse suites at the Waldorf (The Presidential Suite, The Royal Suite, etc.). For tonight I understand both parties each got half of the floor. I also understand that their meeting tonight was planned (and prepared) a month or two ago. I would not be surprised if they are still talking right now (1:00 AM EST)..
ReplyDeleteI'll bet the place has been thoroughly swept for bugs.
ReplyDeleteThey are definitely in cahoots. I'm sure the world is in for a shake up. I'm curious to know/see if/how many other nations play a supporting role here. Will we see an alignment of factions take more concrete form?
I'm wondering what the Africans have to say about things. They have to be watching this, especially given the trouble they're having with their own Islamo fascists. We'RE already seeing China in Africa. Will Russia seek play a role there again?
Things we've come to know and take for granted in this world are changing so rapidly. The whole "end of history" theory has been roundly and loudly debunked. I don't think our society is really aware of the shift or prepared as they should be.