CHINA/TRUMP ADMIN: “The transiting of three suspected Chinese spy balloons over the continental US during the Trump administration was only discovered after President Joe Biden took office, a senior administration official told CNN on Sunday [February 5, 2023]…
After the Biden administration disclosed last week that a suspected Chinese spy balloon was hovering over Montana, the Pentagon said that similar balloon incidents had occurred during the Trump administration. In response, former Trump administration Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CNN on Friday that he was ‘surprised’ by that statement…
Former President Donald Trump also said on Truth Social this week that reports of Chinese balloons transiting the US during his administration were ‘fake disinformation.'”
-Natasha Bertrand, “Chinese spy balloons under Trump not discovered until after Biden took office,” cnn.com, February 6, 2023