Trump DENIES Pentagon's claim that three 'Chinese balloons' entered US airspace ... trends now
Donald Trump claimed China would have 'never' sent a spy balloon over the United States on his watch despite the Pentagon claiming it happened three times during his administration.
On Saturday, an alleged 'spy balloon' was shot down off the coast of South Carolina by American fighter jets after crossing over multiple U.S. states at a low enough altitude to be seen by the naked eye - alarming millions across the country.
Trump compared the incident and ensuing diplomatic crisis to the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal that his successor, President Joe Biden, presided over in August 2021.
'The Chinese Balloon situation is a disgrace, just like the Afghanistan horror show, and everything else surrounding the grossly incompetent Biden Administration,' the former president wrote on his app Truth Social.
'They are only good at cheating in elections, and disinformation — and now they are putting out that a Balloon was put up by China during the Trump Administration, in order to take the “heat” off the slow moving Biden fools.
Donald Trump denied that suspected Chinese spy balloons flew over the US during his administration
One such suspected surveillance device was shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday
'China had too much respect for “TRUMP” for this to have happened, and it NEVER did. JUST FAKE DISINFORMATION!'
The Defense Department said on Saturday that 'Chinese balloons briefly transited the continental United States at least three times during the prior administration.'
And on Sunday, Fox News reported that at least one balloon flew over parts of Texas and Florida while Trump was in office.
Multiple Trump officials aside from the former president have also disputed the Pentagon's assessment and relevant media reports.
'It's not true,' former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe flatly told Fox News on Sunday morning.
'Do you remember during the Trump administration, when
