A high-stakes diplomatic meeting in Beijing between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has ignited an intense online debate over optical gamesmanship and statecraft protocol. Social media platforms erupted with claims that the host nation deliberately engineered a seating arrangement to diminish the American leader's physical stature.
The controversy centres on a viral video showing both leaders sitting side by side during an official bilateral discussion in which Trump was allegedly given a 'shorter' seat. Observers quickly began dissecting footage from the summit to determine whether the apparent height difference was a calculated snub by the host government.
