White House staff confiscate Chinese-issued items before Air Force One boarding

Air Force One has not permitted items distributed by Chinese officials on board, according to a White House correspondent, Emily Goodin.

In a post on X, she said US personnel confiscated materials handed out by Chinese officials, including identification badges, “disposable” phones issued to White House staff, and delegation pins, Caliber.Az reports.

American staff took everything Chinese officials handed out - credentials, burner phones from WH staff, pins for delegation - collected them before we got on AF1 and threw them in a bin at bottom at stairs.
Nothing from China allowed on the plane. We’re taking off shortly for…

— Emily Goodin (@Emilylgoodin) May 15, 2026

“American staff took everything Chinese officials handed out - credentials, burner phones from WH staff, pins for delegation - collected them before we got on AF1 and threw them in a bin at bottom at stairs. Nothing from China allowed on the plane. We’re taking off shortly for America,” Goodin wrote.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov