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Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too. No, He Didn’t Shoot Them Down

 
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Surely there are pictures of these balloons that were flying over the country during Trump's Presidency.

No?
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Surely NORAD has photos and complete tracking data and they are all highly classified.
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Also an earlier one when Biden was president that didn’t get shot down.



This makes five Chinese balloons that we know about so far.
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Surely there are pictures of these balloons that were flying over the country during Trump's Presidency.

No?
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Surely NORAD has photos and complete tracking data and they are all highly classified.
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And now we know that Trump kept the whole thing secret…three of them.
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FAKE NEWS! NOT ONE source was verifiable!

The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

Person who used to work in the Trump White house....WHO?

FAKE NEWS!
As above, so below.
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FAKE NEWS! NOT ONE source was verifiable!

The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

Person who used to work in the Trump White house....WHO?

FAKE NEWS!
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Here comes your FAKE NEWS chant to try and make it go away.

Read both the DoD and Pentagon statements. They state that there have been four Chinese balloons tracked over CONUS before this one: three when Trump was president and another one early in Biden’s presidency.
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Sorry but big difference between CONUS and Pacific Ocean
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Multiple Chinese balloons have been documented flying over CONUS over the past five years.

Only one has been shot down.
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NO this is not true show us the stories and pics...stop shilling for pedojoe the traitor
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Article says the balloon was near the Hawaiian islands while Trump was on office.

Other incursions over the continental U.S. were mentioned, but failed to present specific incidents and timeframes, so your title is misleading OP.

Typical libtard tactics.
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Red hat Trump is the puppet of the Chinese commies: "Similar incidents of Chinese spy balloons, with one saying it happened twice during the Trump administration but was never made public."
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“I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday.

But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

But several reports have been published in the past two days that give us a better sense of when spy balloons operated by New Cold War adversaries have sailed into U.S. airspace. Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Chinese balloons flew over the U.S. while President Trump occupied the White House.
“The balloon spotted this week over Montana was not the first time the U.S. has detected Chinese balloons over their territory—with previous incursions occurring during the Trump Administration.”

The Associated Press also has a new report that quotes a defense expert who said that Chinese spy balloons have been detected near sensitive sites in Hawaii, home to a large U.S. military presence, during the past five years.
“Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Chinese surveillance balloons have been sighted on numerous occasions over the past five years in different parts of the Pacific, including near sensitive U.S. military installations in Hawaii.”

President Biden has been in office for two years, leaving three years of Trump’s presidency in that window of five years.

The Wall Street Journal also independently reported that Chinese spy balloons have flown over the U.S. before, though didn’t specify the era.

“China has sent surveillance balloons over the continental U.S. on at least a handful of occasions, U.S. officials said,”

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New SARS WAR



I am a Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea operative working on behalf of the Peoples Republic Of China, currently in Beijing for consultation with the Chinese Dragon Families.

That is not a spy balloon.

It is a prototype of a Star Wars Death Star modelled on the Space Probe From Orion called mistakenly by westerners as NeeBeeru ( or is it Nibiru? ). Our Alien Progenitors Of The Oriental Race has instructed the Chinese Government to construct millions of such small Death Stars As A Retaliation due to the American Anglo Saxon Blackops in the form of SARS, Swine Flu and SARS COV-2 to degrade Oriental genetics.

These Death Stars Will Be Activated Once The diabolical American Anglo Saxon Axis Of Evil Crosses The Red Line. Please Be Warned. There Will Be Consequences For Your Belligerence And Recalcitrance.







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FAKE NEWS! NOT ONE source was verifiable!

The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

Person who used to work in the Trump White house....WHO?

FAKE NEWS!
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You can tell the left is full of shit with their "unconfirmed sources". Pure bullshit.
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This was confirmed by the Pentagon today.

Thread: NEW: Pentagon reports past Chinese surveillance balloons near Florida, Texas; several over Texas and Florida during Trump presidency
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The Defense Department has notified Congress of several previous incursions of U.S. airspace by Chinese surveillance balloons, with earlier sightings near Texas, Florida, Hawaii and Guam, U.S. officials said Sunday.

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in an interview that defense officials identified the locations in a discussion with lawmakers and staff on Saturday, disclosing for the first time that similar surveillance balloons had been spotted in U.S. airspace near the continental United States before. The existence of such balloons near Hawaii and Guam has been reported previously.
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“I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday.

But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

But several reports have been published in the past two days that give us a better sense of when spy balloons operated by New Cold War adversaries have sailed into U.S. airspace. Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Chinese balloons flew over the U.S. while President Trump occupied the White House.
“The balloon spotted this week over Montana was not the first time the U.S. has detected Chinese balloons over their territory—with previous incursions occurring during the Trump Administration.”

The Associated Press also has a new report that quotes a defense expert who said that Chinese spy balloons have been detected near sensitive sites in Hawaii, home to a large U.S. military presence, during the past five years.
“Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Chinese surveillance balloons have been sighted on numerous occasions over the past five years in different parts of the Pacific, including near sensitive U.S. military installations in Hawaii.”

President Biden has been in office for two years, leaving three years of Trump’s presidency in that window of five years.

The Wall Street Journal also independently reported that Chinese spy balloons have flown over the U.S. before, though didn’t specify the era.

“China has sent surveillance balloons over the continental U.S. on at least a handful of occasions, U.S. officials said,”

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Ah, no!
retards2
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“I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday.

But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

But several reports have been published in the past two days that give us a better sense of when spy balloons operated by New Cold War adversaries have sailed into U.S. airspace. Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Chinese balloons flew over the U.S. while President Trump occupied the White House.
“The balloon spotted this week over Montana was not the first time the U.S. has detected Chinese balloons over their territory—with previous incursions occurring during the Trump Administration.”

The Associated Press also has a new report that quotes a defense expert who said that Chinese spy balloons have been detected near sensitive sites in Hawaii, home to a large U.S. military presence, during the past five years.
“Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Chinese surveillance balloons have been sighted on numerous occasions over the past five years in different parts of the Pacific, including near sensitive U.S. military installations in Hawaii.”

President Biden has been in office for two years, leaving three years of Trump’s presidency in that window of five years.

The Wall Street Journal also independently reported that Chinese spy balloons have flown over the U.S. before, though didn’t specify the era.

“China has sent surveillance balloons over the continental U.S. on at least a handful of occasions, U.S. officials said,”

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Ah, no!
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No what?
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Don the devil? That ole grim reaper beast by the sea? Caught in 3 more anti-maga lies? Ya don't say!

There's so many, I stopped keeping track of father of the vaccine contradictions and lies.

trump-toupe5
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I am a Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea operative working on behalf of the Peoples Republic Of China, currently in Beijing for consultation with the Chinese Dragon Families.

That is not a spy balloon.

It is a prototype of a Star Wars Death Star modelled on the Space Probe From Orion called mistakenly by westerners as NeeBeeru ( or is it Nibiru? ). Our Alien Progenitors Of The Oriental Race has instructed the Chinese Government to construct millions of such small Death Stars As A Retaliation due to the American Anglo Saxon Blackops in the form of SARS, Swine Flu and SARS COV-2 to degrade Oriental genetics.

These Death Stars Will Be Activated Once The diabolical American Anglo Saxon Axis Of Evil Crosses The Red Line. Please Be Warned. There Will Be Consequences For Your Belligerence And Recalcitrance.







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ban3

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Also an earlier one when Biden was president that didn’t get shot down.



This makes five Chinese balloons that we know about so far.
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Mark Esper, who was Trump’s Secretary of Defense, denied balloons flew over the United States under the Trump administration.

It’s not true. I can refute it,” former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe also said. “The American people can refute it for themselves.”

“Do you remember during the Trump administration, when photographers on the ground and commercial airline pilots were talking about a spy balloon over the United States that people could look up and see, even with the naked eye, and that a media that hated Donald Trump wasn’t reporting?”

Unnamed defense officials.

Same defense officials who gave away 80 billion in state of the art weapons to Afghanistan.

Sounds like the wrap up smear ploy.
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Don the devil? That ole grim reaper beast by the sea? Caught in 3 more anti-maga lies? Ya don't say!

There's so many, I stopped keeping track of father of the vaccine contradictions and lies.

trump-toupe5
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I stop keeping track of TDS open borders, gun grabbing bitch cocksuckers like you.

Hope you bury your family of vaxx injuries this year and hope they all die like pigs.

I hate your fucking guts, because I can, you commie mf. I resent having to share a country with a bitch like you.
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FAKE NEWS! NOT ONE source was verifiable!

The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

Person who used to work in the Trump White house....WHO?

FAKE NEWS!
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hesright
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“I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday.

But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

But several reports have been published in the past two days that give us a better sense of when spy balloons operated by New Cold War adversaries have sailed into U.S. airspace. Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Chinese balloons flew over the U.S. while President Trump occupied the White House.
“The balloon spotted this week over Montana was not the first time the U.S. has detected Chinese balloons over their territory—with previous incursions occurring during the Trump Administration.”

So what your saying is the general that wanted to warn the Chinese if Trump was going to do anything to them was in charge of telling him the Chinese were launching weapons against the United States. Are you fucking stupid?

The Associated Press also has a new report that quotes a defense expert who said that Chinese spy balloons have been detected near sensitive sites in Hawaii, home to a large U.S. military presence, during the past five years.
“Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Chinese surveillance balloons have been sighted on numerous occasions over the past five years in different parts of the Pacific, including near sensitive U.S. military installations in Hawaii.”

President Biden has been in office for two years, leaving three years of Trump’s presidency in that window of five years.

The Wall Street Journal also independently reported that Chinese spy balloons have flown over the U.S. before, though didn’t specify the era.

“China has sent surveillance balloons over the continental U.S. on at least a handful of occasions, U.S. officials said,”

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“I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday.

But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

But several reports have been published in the past two days that give us a better sense of when spy balloons operated by New Cold War adversaries have sailed into U.S. airspace. Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Chinese balloons flew over the U.S. while President Trump occupied the White House.
“The balloon spotted this week over Montana was not the first time the U.S. has detected Chinese balloons over their territory—with previous incursions occurring during the Trump Administration.”

The Associated Press also has a new report that quotes a defense expert who said that Chinese spy balloons have been detected near sensitive sites in Hawaii, home to a large U.S. military presence, during the past five years.
“Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Chinese surveillance balloons have been sighted on numerous occasions over the past five years in different parts of the Pacific, including near sensitive U.S. military installations in Hawaii.”

President Biden has been in office for two years, leaving three years of Trump’s presidency in that window of five years.

The Wall Street Journal also independently reported that Chinese spy balloons have flown over the U.S. before, though didn’t specify the era.

“China has sent surveillance balloons over the continental U.S. on at least a handful of occasions, U.S. officials said,”

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F U

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Shut the fuck up Hillary.....

If only we could use YOUR CUNT as the new tunnel between Colorado and New Mexico.....

Minus the smell,of course.
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Surprise surprise it all turns out to be bullshit

I like the fox headline “discovered after he left office”
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FAKE NEWS! NOT ONE source was verifiable!

The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

Person who used to work in the Trump White house....WHO?

FAKE NEWS!
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Here comes your FAKE NEWS chant to try and make it go away.

Read both the DoD and Pentagon statements. They state that there have been four Chinese balloons tracked over CONUS before this one: three when Trump was president and another one early in Biden’s presidency.
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Wait. And years later is how we learn about it, and the Director of National Intelligence, Trump's secretary of Defense nor Trump ever heard about it?

Sounds like the DOD is keeping secrets.

Why?
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The United States withdrew from the Open Skies Treaty in November of 2020. So it does not matter whether there were Chinese balloons in our airspace during Trump's presidency, as they were allowed by this treaty.

The Biden administration had a responsibility to do something, and didn't.

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“I can nearly guarantee you that that balloon would not still be flying if we were still there,” Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State under Trump, told Sean Hannity on Friday.

But is Pompeo telling the truth? The Pentagon was quick to point out on Thursday that this kind of thing has happened before, though it didn’t get into specifics.

“Instances of this kind of balloon activity have been observed previously over the past several years,” Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said in a statement published online.

But several reports have been published in the past two days that give us a better sense of when spy balloons operated by New Cold War adversaries have sailed into U.S. airspace. Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Chinese balloons flew over the U.S. while President Trump occupied the White House.
“The balloon spotted this week over Montana was not the first time the U.S. has detected Chinese balloons over their territory—with previous incursions occurring during the Trump Administration.”

The Associated Press also has a new report that quotes a defense expert who said that Chinese spy balloons have been detected near sensitive sites in Hawaii, home to a large U.S. military presence, during the past five years.
“Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said Chinese surveillance balloons have been sighted on numerous occasions over the past five years in different parts of the Pacific, including near sensitive U.S. military installations in Hawaii.”

President Biden has been in office for two years, leaving three years of Trump’s presidency in that window of five years.

The Wall Street Journal also independently reported that Chinese spy balloons have flown over the U.S. before, though didn’t specify the era.

“China has sent surveillance balloons over the continental U.S. on at least a handful of occasions, U.S. officials said,”

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They are so full of shit. The key difference is that they say that other balloons have been detected "near" sensitive sites but yet they don't define "near". "Near" to an island in the middle of the Pacific ocean likely means that it was over international waters. There is a big difference in "near" a military installation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and floating across the entire f'ing continental United States.

Of course the idiots that have no ability to think for themselves will not put this together.
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Sorry but big difference between CONUS and Pacific Ocean
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Multiple Chinese balloons have been documented flying over CONUS over the past five years.

Only one has been shot down.
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Where is this "documentation"? You are full of shit.
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Show me a pic or video of this and i will believe you.
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A pic of what? The shootdown that literally thousands of people watched from the beach?
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Of a balloon flying over the USA, when Trump was in office.
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The Pentagon does not typically release photos like that, as they didn’t do with this one.

It was not until they announced this Chinese balloon that civilians began looking for it and took some photos.
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Again, more lies.......the Pentagon did not announce it until private accounts began to post pictures and video of the balloon. Either some dumb fucks of some bots posting here.





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