Biden Downplays Chinese Balloon Incident: “Not a Major Breach” of National Security

President Joe Biden downplayed last week’s incident with the Chinese spy balloon, refusing to call it a dangerous breach of national security, Newsmax reports.

In an interview with Noticias Telemundo, a Spanish-language network, the U.S. president said the Chinese balloon incident was “not a major breach.” Also, Biden said other countries around the world perform similar intelligence-gathering missions.

“It’s not a major breach. Look, the total amount of intelligence-gathering that’s going on by every country around the world is overwhelming,” said Biden.

The president, however, did characterize the balloon incident as a “violation of international law,” committed by China. “It’s our airspace; and once [the balloon] comes into our space, we can do what we want with it,” said Biden.

{Matzav.com}