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Biden excuses China’s spy balloon flight as Blinken visits Beijing
The New York Post ^ | 06/17/2023 | Mary Linge

Posted on 06/17/2023 12:53:36 PM PDT by thegagline

President Biden made excuses for China Saturday, saying that President Xi Jinping never meant to fly a spy balloon over sensitive American military sites earlier this year.

“I don’t think the leadership knew where it was, and knew what was in it, and knew what was going on,” Biden told reporters as he headed to Philadelphia for his first campaign rally of the 2024 election. “I think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional.”

The conciliatory comments came as Secretary of State Antony Blinken continued a two-day visit to Beijing, his first diplomatic trip there since he called off a planned trip as the balloon made its uncontested three-day journey across US airspace.

“I’m hoping that over the next several months I’ll be meeting with Xi again, and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how … to get along,” Biden added. *** Last week, his administration admitted that China has built a spy base in Cuba — after first denying the story — and Blinken was reportedly scolded by Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Tuesday during a pre-trip phone call.

Beijing has been illegally militarizing reefs in the South China Sea, is intensifying surveillance of Americans, and has repeatedly threatened to invade democratic Taiwan to forcefully “reunify” it with mainland China — with little response from Biden. ***

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; china; chinaownsbiden; kowtow
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To: beethovenfan

Biden is traitorous, degenerate, corrupt, perverted, senile, an enormous a$$hole, hateful, stupid, arrogant, a kleptomaniac, a sell-out and a wannabe dictator.

In other words, for the federal government, it’s employees and corporate lobbyists, he’s the perfect president.


21 posted on 06/17/2023 3:36:43 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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To: thegagline
"Biden and Xi have not spoken since February, when two US Air Force fighter jets shot the spy balloon down over the Atlantic Ocean, sparking fury from China."

Write him a nice letter saying "sorry for blowing up your balloon" and things will be all better.

22 posted on 06/17/2023 3:51:06 PM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: frank ballenger

Marilyn McCoo is beautiful.


23 posted on 06/17/2023 4:20:00 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Thanks for extending the list.


24 posted on 06/17/2023 4:26:18 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: thegagline

The latest check they wrote to Biden cleared.


25 posted on 06/17/2023 4:32:48 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: Texas resident

They’ve found what? $15 or $20 million from Ukraine paid to him and his family.

Have we found out yet how much he pocketed from the Chicoms?


26 posted on 06/17/2023 4:43:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: thegagline

You would would have to be many cards short of deck to believe that nonsense. The Truth is that Biden knew about it too before any of us did. He is just sorry they got caught.


27 posted on 06/17/2023 4:49:14 PM PDT by Revel
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To: thegagline

After the 2020 election was stolen, I made comments that our government was now under enemy occupation. It’s amazing the billion tons of proof that’s acquired since that time, including this latest by Xiden.


28 posted on 06/17/2023 5:05:22 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: thegagline

This guy is dangerous. And I’m not talking about Xi. Elmer Fudd could be a serious opponent to this country as long as Biden is President.


29 posted on 06/17/2023 5:18:48 PM PDT by csn vinnie
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The Chicoms probably paid the big guy a LOT more than the Ukrainians. Ukrainian payments were US tax dollars funneled back to the VP.


30 posted on 06/17/2023 5:41:45 PM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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To: thegagline

Biden’s useless. He’s compromised with regard to China. He should be impeached.


31 posted on 06/17/2023 5:54:38 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Texas resident

“The Chicoms probably paid the big guy a LOT more than the Ukrainians.”

I believe that, too.


32 posted on 06/17/2023 6:23:40 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Don’t forget the Romanians!


33 posted on 06/17/2023 6:57:43 PM PDT by rx
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To: rx

And the ex-mayor of Moscow paying Hunter Biden $3.5 million!!


34 posted on 06/17/2023 6:59:14 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: SaveFerris

nix


35 posted on 06/17/2023 7:20:52 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: thegagline

No

He, Biden, is owned and scared to death of Xi, China and #CCP.


36 posted on 06/17/2023 7:33:36 PM PDT by Syncro (God is Good--Facts is Facts)
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To: Texas resident

While the US currently ranks as Taiwan’s second largest export market, China remains Taiwan’s top trading partner, accounting for up to 40 percent of the island’s total exports, of which over 50 percent are electronic components, said Wu, adding that most of these components are used in products destined for the US.

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230602-taiwan-us-trade-agreement-it-s-not-about-economics-anymore-it-s-politics


37 posted on 06/17/2023 10:47:56 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Chode
I nixed your nix by providing pix for a fix to the nix just for kix to add to your mix or six but it took a couple of tix


38 posted on 06/17/2023 11:53:36 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: beethovenfan
Traitorus

Just remember, the same Republicans who are sitting idle as our justice system is being weaponized and are piling on Trump actually voted FOR biden in 2020. They wanted this.

39 posted on 06/18/2023 5:11:18 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: SaveFerris

LOL...


40 posted on 06/18/2023 7:44:09 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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