February 6, 2023

Donald Trump exploded over the news of the Chinese spy balloon which was successfully shot down on Saturday right as it went over the east coast. The one-term president used a double negative to say the claim that Chinese spy balloons flew in our airspace when he was in office is "FAKE DISINFORMATION!" He insisted that "China had too much respect for "Trump," while putting his name in quotes for no explainable reason.

Former Trump administration officials appeared baffled over the revelation of the spy balloons flying over the U.S. during Lumpy's time in office. However, a senior Biden administration official has revealed that the Trump administration wasn't even aware of the three potential surveillance balloons at the time.

Via The Independent:

Instead, they were only discovered after Mr Biden took office from the one-term, twice-impeached Mr. Trump.

It is not clear exactly how or when the previous incidents were discovered but the official told CNN that the spy balloons are believed to have been used by China across five continents dating back several years.

The official that the intelligence community would be willing to provide briefings to top Trump administration officials about the incidents.

Congress was also briefed about the past balloon incidents over the weekend.

The potential embarrassment for the former president comes as both he and Republicans slammed the Biden administration's response to the spy balloon which was spotted over Montana last week.

Republicans want investigations into how the Biden administration handled Balloongate, and this is one of the dumbest non-scandals that the GOP has propped up in ages.

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