{"id":1451,"date":"2023-02-20T12:04:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2023-02-20T12:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:04:43","slug":"china-tears-into-biden-piles-on-merciless-mockery-of-humiliating-balloon-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1451","title":{"rendered":"China tears into Biden, piles on merciless mockery of humiliating balloon debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is again ruthlessly mocking President Joe Biden for his dramatic response to the objects shot down by U.S. fighter jets over North America while he turns a blind eye to the environmental disaster unfolding in East Palestine, Ohio after officials set fire to deadly chemicals spilled by a derailed train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/202302\/t20230217_11026713.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regular press briefing<\/a>, Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin was asked to comment on White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\u2019s claim that, by imposing sanctions on U.S. defense contractors, China is \u201cdeflecting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reporter quoted Jean-Pierre as saying, \u201cAt the end of the day, [China\u2019s] surveillance balloon was indeed in our airspace.\u201d She added, \u201call of the American people, the entire world saw what China did, and it was irresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wang tore into Biden, accusing his administration of focusing on China while Americans suffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpeaking of \u2018deflecting,\u2019 can the U.S. tell us why it is able to see the \u2018balloon\u2019 18,000 meters above the ground, but seems to have been blind to the toxic mushroom cloud of vinyl chloride over Ohio?\u201d Wang asked in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2023\/02\/13\/everythings-fine-tucker-carlson-rips-biden-admins-lack-of-concern-over-toxic-smoke-from-ohio-trainwreck-1332727\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">BizPac Review<\/a>\u00a0reported, President Biden doesn\u2019t need China to criticize him. He\u2019s already being ridiculed for his administration\u2019s apparent lack of concern for the cloud of cancer-causing chemicals currently hovering over the farmland community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, we don\u2019t know if the locals in East Palestine are drinking the water tonight but we can tell you that the Joe Biden administration doesn\u2019t seem very concerned about either way,\u201d Fox News\u2019s Tucker Carlson stated earlier this week. \u201cDonald Trump got over 71% of the vote in the county in the last presidential election, so that is not exactly the democratic party\u2019s core demographic. Fentanyl, toxic waste spill, whatever they are not our voters, and by the way, what does a chemical spill have to do with climate change?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Everything\u2019s fine\u2019: Tucker Carlson rips Biden admin\u2019s lack of concern over \u2018toxic smoke\u2019 from Ohio trainwreck <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nze0HCUyh4\">https:\/\/t.co\/Nze0HCUyh4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9NYVAG5rZL\">pic.twitter.com\/9NYVAG5rZL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BIZPACReview\/status\/1625480124148875266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By all appearances, Carlson was correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis week, Biden\u2019s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) turned down Ohio\u2019s request for federal aid to deal with the environmental disaster,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/china-mocks-biden-admin-blind-toxic-mushroom-cloud-ohio-obsessing-balloons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>&nbsp;reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make matters more humiliating, it now appears Biden authorized the use of a $200 million fighter jet and a $400,000 missile to shoot down what might have been a $12 balloon belonging to Illinois hobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the same day the jet took out a mysterious object off Alaska, the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB) said their pico balloon went missing off the west coast of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJoe shot down a $12 balloon with a half-million dollar missile!\u201d \u2014 Fox\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseBWatters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JesseBWatters<\/a> says Biden may have shot down Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade\u2019s missing hobby balloon <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7x3b9huwMG\">pic.twitter.com\/7x3b9huwMG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVNewsNow\/status\/1626392500658118657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be fair,\u201d Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted, \u201cBiden is providing is powerful deterrence for any high school science clubs that might try to invade America\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To be fair, Biden is providing is powerful deterrence for any high school science clubs that might try to invade America\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kk5NNMtDCE\">https:\/\/t.co\/kk5NNMtDCE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1626349900798492675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Wang didn\u2019t stop with a balloon jab or taunts over a train wreck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry spokesman suggested that the Biden administration is using the balloon incident to deflect from the destruction of Russia\u2019s Nord Stream pipeline \u2014 a shocking act of sabotage for which many claim President Biden is culpable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy was it vocal about investigations and accountability immediately after the Nord Stream blast, and yet unusually silent in the wake of the latest investigative report written by a US journalist?\u201d Wang asked, referring to an explosive report from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, who claimed the bombs that blew the pipelines up were planted by the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who done it? Did the U.S. blow up the Nord Stream pipeline?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zzsox8ta7v\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zzsox8ta7v<\/a><\/p>&mdash; American Wire News (@americanwire_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/americanwire_\/status\/1623773740319244291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With respect to the balloons, which Biden said on Thursday were \u201cmost likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research,\u201d Wang said, \u201cIf the US does not consider the appearance of these objects in US airspace to be irresponsible, why jab its fingers at China?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe US should not have overreacted and abused the use of force,\u201d Wang stated, \u201cstill less use the incident for political manipulation or to smear and attack China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/china-tears-into-biden-piles-on-merciless-mockery-of-humiliating-balloon-debacle\/\">https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/china-tears-into-biden-piles-on-merciless-mockery-of-humiliating-balloon-debacle\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is again ruthlessly mocking President Joe Biden for his dramatic response to the objects shot down by U.S. fighter jets over North America while he turns a blind eye to the environmental disaster unfolding in East Palestine, Ohio after officials set fire to deadly chemicals spilled by a derailed train. During his&nbsp;regular press briefing, Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin was asked to comment on White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\u2019s claim that, by imposing sanctions on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-president-biden"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}