Ex-Trump Officials Refute DoD Claim That 3 Chinese Balloons Flew Here Before

The Chinese spy balloon is down, however concerns stay — like, whether this has actually taken place on another president’s watch … which the Dept. of Defense states it did, indicating Donald Trump.

Here’s the offer … the DoD released a prolonged declaration Saturday describing just what occurred leading up to an F-22 fighter jet of ours securely shooting down the balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, simply beyond Surfside Beach, SC. We all bear in mind that, yes?

They repeated what everybody had actually currently heard at that point … that the U.S. thinks the balloon had actually been deliberately sent her by China, which it was meant to surveil us.

However, in describing the balloon presented no major danger to us — besides breaching our airspace/pushing the borders of our sovereignty — the DoD goes on to point out an unnamed defense authorities … who declares this occurred before under Donald Trump’s administration.

The confidential authorities states, “Chinese balloons briefly transited the continental United States at least three times during the prior administration.” There’s no other information about when precisely this may’ve taken place, or to what degree … particularly, did they do complete fly-overs???

In the wake of this Dept. of Defense main getting Trump’s name in the mix, a handful of previous Trump administration officials have actually come out of the woodwork to reject this ever taken place throughout his time in workplace. And we’re talking heavy players — men who would certainly understand.

The previous Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, went on FOX News to flat-out refute what the DoD has actually stated openly … keeping in mind, if this had in truth occurred throughout the Trump years like they claim — it would’ve been spotted and definitely reported by the media.