(PM.) On her first trip to China as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen was criticized after a video showed her bowing multiple times to Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Saturday. Critics said it signaled American weakness, which the Chinese government loves.
Bradley Blakeman, a former senior staffer in George W. Bush’s White House told the New York Post, “Never, ever, ever – An American official does not bow. It looks like she’s been summoned to the principal’s office, and that’s exactly the optics the Chinese love.”
Janet Yellen bows to China. Literally. pic.twitter.com/JnEsfsExJF
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 8, 2023
