{"id":2002602,"date":"2023-08-16T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-biden-official-admits-to-eating-magic-mushrooms-while-on-trip-to-china\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T14:57:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:57:02","slug":"top-biden-official-admits-to-eating-magic-mushrooms-while-on-trip-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-biden-official-admits-to-eating-magic-mushrooms-while-on-trip-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Biden Official Admits to Eating &#8216;Magic Mushrooms&#8217; While on Trip to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-biden-official-admits-to-eating-magic-mushrooms-while-on-trip-to-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002602&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A senior Biden administration official is coming clean about a culinary adventure she had in China.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during a Tuesday CNN interview that she had eaten mushrooms with \u201challucinogenic properties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The adventurous menu choice was made during Yellen\u2019s state visit to China in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou set off a frenzy because you ordered a mushroom dish that contains, apparently, what are considered \u2018magic mushrooms,&#8217;\u201d CNN host Erin Burnett prompted Yellen on Tuesday. \u201cWhat was it like, the mushroom experience?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe person who arranged our dinner did the ordering,\u201d Yellen explained of her visit to a restaurant in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a delicious mushroom dish. I was not aware that these mushrooms had hallucinogenic properties. I learned that later,\u201d the Cabinet official said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen explains eating \u201cmagic mushrooms\u201d in China:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not aware that these mushrooms had hallucinogenic properties\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N2d5hEdhEj\">pic.twitter.com\/N2d5hEdhEj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1691440427247742977?\">August 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yellen\u2019s visit to the restaurant spurred interest in the \u201chighly sought-after\u201d mushrooms, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/15\/business\/janet-yellen-magic-mushrooms-china\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yi Zuo Yi Wang \u2014 Chinese for \u201cIn and Out\u201d (no connection to the burger chain) \u2014 specializes in cuisine from the southwestern province of Yunnan.<\/p>\n<p>Yellen\u2019s trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-china-detains-military-group-worker-suspected-spying-cia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> included matters of far more consequence than a menu choice at a restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>It included conversations with Premier Li Qiang, China\u2019s second most powerful government official, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-us-yellen-economy-07cb4b339f6df3f7a635f106add53824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Treasury secretary\u2019s visit countered perceptions that the U.S. intends to \u201cdecouple\u201d its economy from its fiercest geopolitical rival, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Yellen has contended that the world\u2019s two leading powers \u201ccan and need to find a way to live together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, she also defended some American trade restrictions during the trip due to \u201cnational security or human rights concerns,\u201d according to an anonymous source.<\/p>\n<p>Yellen\u2019s visit to China followed that of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who met with President Xi Jinping in June.<\/p>\n<p>It also came after\u00a0the flight of a Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/close-video-f-22-strike-chinese-balloon-shows-happened-surveillance-device\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surveillance balloon<\/a> over the continental U.S. further strained Sino-American relations in February.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-biden-official-admits-eating-magic-mushrooms-trip-china\/\">Top Biden Official Admits to Eating &#8216;Magic Mushrooms&#8217; While on Trip to China<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior Biden administration official is coming clean about a culinary adventure she had in China. 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