Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty A Chinese spy balloon flies above in Charlotte, North Carolina, on February 4, 2023.
Memes about the Chinese spy balloon flew on Twitter before and after the U.S. government shot the surveillance orb down.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III confirmed on February 4, 2023, that the government had shot the balloon down off the coast of South Carolina.
Just a few Chinese spy balloon memes I’ve seen so far.
What have you seen
Show me! Ty!
Some meme writers drew imaginary messages on the balloon.
Some meme writers imagined things from the standpoint of the balloon.
POV: Chinese weather balloon flying over Alabama.
“The balloon has violated U.S. airspace and international law, which is unacceptable,” Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder said, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Biden has just safely shot down the Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean 👏
“This afternoon, at the direction of President Biden, U.S. fighter aircraft assigned to U.S. Northern Command successfully brought down the high altitude surveillance balloon launched by and belonging to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over the water off the coast of South Carolina in U.S. airspace,” the government’s statement says.
Some of the memes took political shots at people.
Chinese Spy Balloon.
Major General George Santos after he shot down the Chinese spy balloon.
Memes Poked Fun at Both President Joe Biden & Former President Donald Trump
🎈Live footage of the Chinese spy 🕵🏻 balloon. 🐶
Some of the memes were critical or supportive of President Joe Biden.
@JudiciaryGOP Biden loses again, this time to a Chinese spy balloon.
Found a pic of the Chinese spy balloon
Others brought President Donald Trump into it.
@SpeakerMcCarthy we had a Russian blimp inside of the White House for four years… And now you’re worried about a Chinese balloon?
I know who wouldn’t wait for a Chinese Spy Balloon to cross our ENTIRE Country and reach the Atlantic Ocean before Blowing it out of the Sky 👍🏻
Some people made fun of the Chinese.
Here’s a picture of a Chinese agent with his spy balloons.
According to the government’s statement, the balloon, “which was being used by the PRC in an attempt to surveil strategic sites in the continental United States, was brought down above U.S. territorial waters.”
RIP Chinese Balloon …..
On Friday, February 3, the U.S. Department of Defense said in a statement, “As of noon today, the maneuverable Chinese surveillance balloon, which was over Montana yesterday, was at an altitude of about 60,000 feet and floating over the center of the continental United States in an easterly direction, posing no risk to commercial aviation, military assets or people on the ground.”
I know one man that can definitely catch the Chinese balloon
On Wednesday, February 1, 2023, President Joe Biden “gave his authorization to take down the surveillance balloon as soon as the mission could be accomplished without undue risk to American lives under the balloon’s path,” the statement says.
You’d wonder what exactly it was that made them suspect it might be a Chinese balloon.
If only there was some kind of clue.
The balloon was “carrying surveillance gear as well as a payload,” according to the government’s statement.
The US has shot down the Chinese spy balloon but, as always, it was filled with licorice, Gummi bears and other stuff nobody wants, and not enough KitKats
“After careful analysis, U.S. military commanders had determined downing the balloon while over land posed an undue risk to people across a wide area due to the size and altitude of the balloon and its surveillance payload,” the government wrote.
The President Wanted the Balloon Taken Down ‘Safely Over Our Territorial Waters,’ the Government Says
we have caught and compromised to a permanent end the chinese spy balloon
The statement says that, “in accordance with the President’s direction, the Department of Defense developed options to take down the balloon safely over our territorial waters, while closely monitoring its path and intelligence collection activities.”
Message discovered upon a closer look at the Chinese Spy Balloon
“This action was taken in coordination, and with the full support, of the Canadian government,” the statement continues.
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“And we thank Canada for its contribution to tracking and analysis of the balloon through NORAD as it transited North America,” the U.S. Department of Defense wrote.
The “Chinese spy balloon” has been shot down near South Carolina and they have arrested the pilot.
Continued the statement: “Today’s deliberate and lawful action demonstrates that President Biden and his national security team will always put the safety and security of the American people first while responding effectively to the PRC’s unacceptable violation of our sovereignty.”
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