Posted on 06/20/2023 8:07:31 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
President Joe Biden wanted to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the days after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina — even saying publicly that he expected to do so — but his top national security advisers talked him out of it, according to two senior administration officials and one former senior U.S. official familiar with the discussions.
Biden believed his relationship with Xi could help tamp down the newly escalated tensions with Beijing if he had the opportunity to speak directly and smooth things over, the officials said. But the president’s advisers made the case to him that it was not the right time for a leader-to-leader conversation, the officials said. Instead, Biden’s advisers told him, the best course of action was to begin outreach to Beijing with lower or midlevel officials, and work the way up to the top, according to the officials.
China was far too angry over Biden’s decision to have the balloon shot down, after it had flown across the U.S. for a week, for a phone call with Xi to be productive, the officials said the president’s advisers told him.
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China is making America look impotent. We are taking orders from them now.
Did Xi really think he could flyover America, with no repercussions?
China owns Biden... everything else is BS...
Yes, Asian “losing face” and humiliation is at play here, is it not? Just like when Obama flew to China and they would not let his aircraft taxi to the gate, and he had to walk across the tarmac.
Biden is making America look impotent.
China is just taking advantage.................
Staggering, isn’t it? Xi sends a spy balloon over our country for a week and we are worried about HIM being angry?
Biden was worried about his filthy Chinese lucre being cut off.
Sorry, the Chairman is having his daily message
Joe, why don’t you call back tomorrow, after your nap?
U.S. shot down surveillance balloon“
NBC a-holes. Making it sound like we stopped them. Biden let it fly across the entire country sending back surveillance data before they shot it down. The so called news outlets disgust me.
What is so incredible to me, is why would Xi be mad? Did he have a pre flight agreement with Biden that the baloon would not be shot down? I think this is a legitimate question.
dopey joe is apologizing for making eye contact and wiping off Xi's seed after Xi had his way with Dr. Jill right in front of him.
Xi has brandon on call block?
I think you nailed it. Xi and Biden had an arrangement, and Biden violated it by ultimately doing what he should have done immediately. That would be the only rational explanation for Xi being angry.
There is no msm news, it's all Leftist activism.
This is the ONLY way Xi could be angry. Xi had an agreement with Biden. Biden, reneged and broke his agreement. I think the truth will come out in about 30 years.
China told Joe to pound sand. It’s all fake high dudgeon though...Biden is on China’s payroll and just a cast member acting his part in the grand play.
why didnt joe shoot it down over the pacific before it completed its mission?
dittos
Huh???
THEY were angry???
We should have been furious and closed down their ports in the USA for a month (at least)
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