Fox & Friends Outraged General Milley Apparently Pushed Back on Biden’s Order to Shoot Down Chinese Spy Balloon: ‘Find a Way to Take it Out!’
The aftermath of the balloon’s traversing the country was the A1 story for the curvy couch Monday morning, which involved Fox & Friends co-hosts taking turns to deride and mock recent reports that Chinese spy balloons also made their way into the U.S. during the Trump administration.
After Pete Hegseth took the lead in declaring “I don’t buy” the reports, Brian Kilmeade said it was “terrible” if news of these three incursions failed to make it up the chain of command during the Trump years. Kilmeade also noted how high-ranking former Trump officials (including the ex-president) are disputing the notion that Chinese spy balloons floated into the U.S. on their watch.
From there, Kilmeade turned his attention to when Biden spoke with reporters on Saturday about the timeline for his order to shoot down the balloon.
“When I was briefed on the balloon, I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down on Wednesday as soon as possible,” Biden said at the time. “They decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground; they decided that the best time to do that was it got over the water outside within 12 mile limit.”
Biden’s comments refer to his national security team’s concern about the potential damages from shooting the balloon down over land. Nonetheless, Kilmeade proceeded to bash Milley and say it’s his fault that the balloon wasn’t shot down faster.