Biden Claims Shooting Down Chinese Spy Balloon Didn’t Worsen Relations With China

During an interview with PBS’s Judy Woodruff, President Biden claimed that his decision to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon after it had crossed the United States had not been a “big hit” to U.S.-China relations and laughed at the idea that shooting down the balloon had made relations “worse.” Biden’s comments come a few days after China had suggested it would respond aggressively to the United States shooting down its balloon. “How do you know?” Woodruff asked. “I know, I talked to him… I talked to Xi Jinping before, our team talks to their people,” Biden said. “During this?


