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Navdeep Yadav

‌Biden Calls Xi Jinping A Dictator Over Spy Balloon Incident

US President Joe Biden at the White House June 1. Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a ‘dictator’. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

During a campaign event in California, President Joe Biden didn’t hold back when discussing the spy balloon incident that took place in February, taking a direct shot at Chinese President Xi Jinping. The incident involved the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon by U.S. military fighter jets.

What Happened: According to a White House pool report, Biden revealed, “The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment is he didn’t know it was there.”

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