That claim about three Chinese spy balloons on Trump's watch is deflating fast

[AProudLefty]

The Milley boys at the Pentagon have come up with a new public relations "save" for Joe Biden and his pathetic indecisiveness about a China spy balloon brazenly traversing the continental United States until it was shot down over the Atlantic yesterday.

According to the Pentagon's website, defense.gov:

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You know the press is going to be dining out on this for the next ten news cycles.

There's just one problem, though -- the claim that Trump saw three Chinese balloons traverse through the U.S. on his watch and did nothing is ... deflating fast.

First, we have an explicit denial from someone who would have known.

According to the Daily Mail:

The revelation startled Mark Esper, the former Secretary of Defense, and comes as Trump and other Republicans claimed he would have shot down the balloon while calling on Joe Biden to resign over the stalled attack on the craft.

...and...

Esper told CNN that he was 'surprised' by the Pentagon's statement, saying he was never told about Chinese surveillance balloons entering the US when he served between July 2019 to November 2020.

'I don't ever recall somebody coming into my office or reading anything that the Chinese had a surveillance balloon above the United States,' Esper said, adding that 'I would remember that for sure.'

He wasn't the only one. There's also him:

Tonight, it's been reported that at least 3 Chinese spy balloons crossed the U.S. during Trump's administration.

Yesterday afternoon, Mike Pompeo told Fox News he was not aware of this happening "during our four years in office"

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog...ting_fast.html

The idea that there were 3 instances during Trump’s presidency is made up to cover for Burden.

[AProudLefty]

Democrat deflection is their answer for their daily fuckups.

Cope.

[AProudLefty]

actually, the report said "US officials"......no one said DoD.......

https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcr...amera-on-back/

[PostmodernProphet]

https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcr...amera-on-back/

as both Trump's Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State have said THEY were not notified, it would appear apparent Trump was not either......

PRC government surveillance balloons transited the continental United States 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.

so basically what?....went somewhere across Alaska and then into Canada?.....

[AProudLefty]

as both Trump's Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State have said THEY were not notified, it would appear apparent Trump was not either......

That is false. Those balloons have been observed all over the world.

[PostmodernProphet]

That is false. Those balloons have been observed all over the world.

so you have evidence that the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State and Trump were notified that balloons were over US air space?.....or are you just basing it upon evidence that balloons have been observed all over the world.......because those are obviously two completely different things.....

because a balloon could have traversed Alaska near Juneau and entered Canadian air space in approximately 7 minutes......

[AProudLefty]

so you have evidence that the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State and Trump were notified that balloons were over US air space?.....or are you just basing it upon evidence that balloons have been observed all over the world.......because those are obviously two completely different things.....

because a balloon could have traversed Alaska near Juneau and entered Canadian air space in approximately 7 minutes......

I see that you didn't read the transcript.

Tell me... what do you think Trump should have done?

And why are we even talking about Trump? The balloon was shot down and it's contents are being analyzed as we speak.

[PostmodernProphet]

I see that you didn't read the transcript.

Tell me... what do you think Trump should have done?

I read the entire transcript and quoted the only words that mentioned the three prior times that balloons entered US air space....
What should Trump have done if he had been notified that for seven minutes a surveillance balloon had flown over Juneau?.......I suppose he could have asked Trudeau if he wanted to borrow an airplane to shoot it down over Canada......

And why are we even talking about Trump? The balloon was shot down and it's contents are being analyzed as we speak.

good question.....but this may be the answer....

[AProudLefty]

good question.....but this may be the answer....

Heh. A meme in a thread about Trump is the answer for you?

[PostmodernProphet]

Heh. A meme in a thread about Trump is the answer for you?

so if its a meme in a thread about Trump why are you asking why we're talking about Trump, you dense piece of tree branch.....

[archives]

The Milley boys at the Pentagon have come up with a new public relations "save" for Joe Biden and his pathetic indecisiveness about a China spy balloon brazenly traversing the continental United States until it was shot down over the Atlantic yesterday.

According to the Pentagon's website, defense.gov:

[cut]

You know the press is going to be dining out on this for the next ten news cycles.

There's just one problem, though -- the claim that Trump saw three Chinese balloons traverse through the U.S. on his watch and did nothing is ... deflating fast.

First, we have an explicit denial from someone who would have known.

According to the Daily Mail:

The revelation startled Mark Esper, the former Secretary of Defense, and comes as Trump and other Republicans claimed he would have shot down the balloon while calling on Joe Biden to resign over the stalled attack on the craft.

...and...

Esper told CNN that he was 'surprised' by the Pentagon's statement, saying he was never told about Chinese surveillance balloons entering the US when he served between July 2019 to November 2020.

'I don't ever recall somebody coming into my office or reading anything that the Chinese had a surveillance balloon above the United States,' Esper said, adding that 'I would remember that for sure.'

He wasn't the only one. There's also him:

Tonight, it's been reported that at least 3 Chinese spy balloons crossed the U.S. during Trump's administration.

Yesterday afternoon, Mike Pompeo told Fox News he was not aware of this happening "during our four years in office"

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog...ting_fast.html

The idea that there were 3 instances during Trump’s presidency is made up to cover for Burden.

If true, it’s even more embarrassing given they didn’t even know the ballots were up there

[ExpressLane]

If true, it’s even more embarrassing given they didn’t even know the ballots were up there

Chinese ballots?

[ExpressLane]

You seem to fantasize about sucking cock a lot. Most of your posts talk about it. Is it because you have allowed yourself to become so hideous that now you cant even get someone to accept a blowjob from you let alone actually look at you? I do believe thats it.

It's her Porta Potty breath that repulses people.

[Stone]

It's her Porta Potty breath that repulses people.

Yep......her free blowjob stand got shut down out of lack of interest .... no takers,...AND the health dept deemed her mouth a bio hazard.

[BartenderElite]

So, who did balloons the worst? Dems, or Republicans?

Jury is still out on who did classified documents worst.

I wonder what the next non-story comparison will be?