Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over U.S. Under Trump But Were Only ‘Discovered After’ Trump Left White House: Report

According to U.S. intelligence officers, several Chinese spy balloons were seen flying over U.S. soil during the time of former President Donald Trump. “went undetected” Only at the time and by officials “discovered after” Trump stated that the balloons were Chinese surveillance.

This is the news after the U.S. used an F-22 Raptor Saturday to eliminate a Chinese spy plane off the coast South Carolina. A single air-to–air A9X Sidewinder missile was fired from an altitude of 58,000 feet. The spy balloon was allowed to fly thousands miles over the United States in the last few days by President Joe Biden.

Fox News reported Early Sunday, a Chinese spy plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii’s coast late last year. There were also intrusions into U.S. Airspace during Trump’s administration.

The claim that the Chinese spy balloons flew over U.S. soil under Trump generated strong pushback from the former president and from several of his top former officials, including John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence; John Bolton, national security adviser; Robert O’Brien, national security adviser; Ric Grenell, acting Director of National Intelligence; and Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense.

In a separate Report Fox News reported that a senior Biden administration official said that “U.S. intelligence, not the Biden administration” This assessment “PRC government surveillance balloons transited the continental U.S. briefly at least three times during the prior administration and once that we know of at the beginning of this administration, but never for this duration of time.”

However, the official stated that Trump had not known about the incursions.

“This information was discovered after the [Trump] administration left,” According to the official. “They went undetected. Two things can be true at once: this happened and it wasn’t detected.”

According to the official, discovery is “part of a larger pattern” Find out what the communist China does with its military, as it moves more aggressively in its foreign policy.

“These balloons are all part of a PRC fleet of balloons developed to conduct surveillance operations, which have also violated the sovereignty of other countries,” The official added.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) suggested During an appearance “Fox News Sunday” Although there was some possibility that these balloons could have flown over the United States under Trump, they were not discovered until recent.

“What’s even more worrisome is, one, did our senior military know about these balloons in the past and not inform their civilian superiors during the Trump administration?” Cotton required. “Or maybe worst of all, did we not know about these balloons in the past and we only learned them in retrospect by studying historical data?”