Donald Trump Amused the Biden Admin Brought Him into the ‘Balloon Episode with China’

In a Truth Social post today, former President and 2024 GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump responded to accusations that spy balloons were flown from China into the United States while he was in office.

Trump said of the situation, “So ‘funny’ to watch the Biden folks try to explain the Balloon episode with China and, as always, use Disinformation to try and bring me into it.”

“In the midst of a heated exchange they say ‘this happened during the Trump Administration, that’s right, ya, ya, The Trump Administration, that’s it,'” Trump jested.

Trump then asserted, “Just like Russia, Russia, Russia, and all the rest, it’s Democrat disinformation (lies!), IT NEVER HAPPENED!”

A reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the claims during yesterday’s press briefing.

“How is it possible that this administration discovered at least three previous balloons that flew over the U.S. under the previous administration, but Trump officials didn’t know it was happening?” the reporter wondered.

Jean-Pierre replied, “Yeah, so, look, I think that — and we have talked about this before, about how the — when it — when the PRC government surveillance balloons transited the continental U.S. briefly at least three times, as you just mentioned, during the President’s — the prior administration and once that we know of the beginning of this administration’s.”

“But never for this duration of time, as we know,” Jean-Pierre added.

The accusations originated on Saturday when a defense official insisted that there had been three instances of Chinese spy balloons that briefly traveled over the United States during the Trump Administration. 

Trump, as well as his top defense and national security officials, denied they were ever briefed on any Chinese spy flights during the previous administration.