'And there is some speculation...that the Pentagon deliberately did it because they thought Trump would be too provocative and too aggressive,' Mike Waltz said.
, Waltz was asked about reports that spy balloons flew over the United States during Trump's administration.
"My office has been briefed by the office of the Secretary of Defense of the current Pentagon that it happened over Florida, it happened over Texas and that it's happened before. We have more detailed questions but what is unclear...did the Pentagon under the Trump administration brief the Trump White House and give them the option to take action or did they decide not to brief them for whatever reason?" Waltz said.
"And there is some speculation, I talked to Trump White House officials over the weekend, that the Pentagon deliberately did it because they thought Trump would be too provocative and too aggressive," he said. Above, President Joe Biden speaks to reporters after arriving at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland, on February 4, 2023. Inset: former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina on January 28, 2023. During a February 6 interview on Fox News, Republican Rep. Mike Waltz said that Trump officials have speculated that he wasn't told about Chinese spy balloons during his time in office.
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