President Biden might just have undercut his own drive for a diplomatic “thaw” with China, needling “dictator” Xi Jinping at a campaign fundraiser last night. Addressing the event, held in California, Biden also spoke extensively about his administration’s ongoing push to engage Beijing — and he revealed what one report has described as “sensitive” information about the Chinese spy balloon that had not previously been disclosed.
“The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two boxcars full of spy equipment in it is he didn’t know it was there. No, I’m serious,” Biden said. “That’s what’s a great embarrassment for dictators, when they didn’t know what happened.”
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