Watch: Biden speaks on balloon and other ‘objects’ shot down over US
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Your support makes all the difference.Watch as Joe Biden delivered public remarks on the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon and other objects that entered US airspace.
The US president said there is no evidence suggesting that three recently shot-down aerial objects spotted in North American airspace are connected to China.
He added that the administration does not yet know “what exactly” the three objects were.
Mr Biden also said he makes “no apologies” for ordering an American fighter jet to shoot down a Chinese surveillance balloon earlier this month, which he said sent a “clear message that the violation of our sovereignty is unacceptable.”
The president then refused to take questions following his address, saying to a reporter, “give me a break, man” when asked if he was “compromised” by his family’s business relationships.
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