By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-16 18:59:27 | Updated at 2024-12-16 22:07:46
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The truth is out there.
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday accused President Biden and the Pentagon of hiding information about large drones spotted hovering above New Jersey and New York.
“The government knows what is happening,” Trump, 78, said after Biden representatives pleaded ignorance despite thousands of Garden State and New York City residents seeing — and in some instances photographing — the aircraft.
“Look, our military knows where they took off from — if it’s a garage, they can go right into that garage. They know where it came from and where it went, and for some reason they don’t want to comment,” the once and future president said during a wide-ranging 70-minute press conference in Palm Beach, Fla.
“And I think they’d be better off saying what it is. Our military knows and our president knows. And for some reason, they want to keep people in suspense.”
“I can’t imagine it’s the enemy,” the future commander in chief went on. “Because if it was the enemy, they’d blast it out — even if they were late, they’d blast it.”
“Something strange is going on,” Trump also said. “For some reason they don’t want to tell the people, and they should.”
He added, in an apparent joke, that he would be cancelling his weekend plans to travel to his golf club in Bedminster, NJ.
“They’re very close to Bedminster. I think maybe I won’t spend the weekend in Bedminster. I’ve decided to cancel my trip,” he said.
Trump declined to comment if he had received a briefing on the drones, which have stoked substantial fear and speculation.
White House spokesman John Kirby last week claimed that federal officials “have not been able to, and neither have state and local law enforcement authorities, corroborate any of the reported visual sightings.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), by contrast, called for transparency, saying the public had a right to know.
“New Yorkers have tremendous questions about [the drones]. We are going to get the answers,” he said Sunday.
The White House and Pentagon did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
