Staff Reports
During his time in office, Donald Trump was reported by various media outlets to have allowed Chinese spy planes to enter US airspace multiple times. Despite this, he and his officials were not informed about the incident.
"Joe Scarborough, the co-host of "Morning Joe," criticized President Donald Trump for allowing balloons to fly into US airspace."
Disinformation agent @JoeNBC spreads fake news that Trump allowed Chinese spy balloons over U.S. airspace during his presidency:
"Donald Trump allowed a balloon to float over Florida in 2019 and didn’t shoot it down. How weak, how sad. How incredibly sad." pic.twitter.com/CxiLEflMfW
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 8, 2023
During his show, Mehdi Hasan tried to play gotcha with the Republicans who criticized Joe Biden's administration for not shooting down the balloon until it was over the Atlantic Ocean.
MSNBC Activist @mehdirhasan spends an entire segment promoting the debunked story that Trump allowed three Chinese spy balloons to enter U.S. airspace during his presidency pic.twitter.com/Jbgx8Ak0uV
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 8, 2023
Officials of the Trump administration have said that they were not informed of the incident involving the balloons. Bloomberg was the first to report that the objects were significantly smaller than the ones that were spotted last week.
The preceding is a summary of an article that originally appeared on Town Hall.
