Perhaps it is not the declassification of secret documents that many Americans are demanding from President Donald Trump, in the midst of the scandal surrounding the case of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which, according to the Department of Justice’s own calculations, has yet to come to light. However, the announcement is already causing all kinds of ‘unidentified’ reactions.
Trump has given the order to reveal and possible forms of extraterrestrial life. It is a decision that comes just one day after former President Barack Obama – considered one of Trump’s greatest adversaries – addressed issues related to UFOs and the possibility of aliens existing on journalist Brian Tyler Cohen’s podcast.
With a message on his own network, Truth Social, the Republican president does not mention Obama, but he does point out that he made the decision “in view of the great interest shown.” However, hours before he had already attacked the former Democratic president in statements to journalists aboard the presidential plane. Air Force One.
What did Obama say about aliens and how has Trump reacted?
Along these lines, Obama’s statements took place during a kind of lightning round or rapid test on UFOs and these types of unknowns. Asked if he believes in the existence of alien life, and true to the communication style that characterizes him, the first African-American president of the United States responded the following: “They are real. But I have not seen them. They are not in Area 51. There are no underground facilities.” And he left an ironic qualification: “Unless there is a huge conspiracy and they have hidden it from the president of the United States.”
Subsequently, and given the commotion that these issues always cause in the US, Obama had to clarify on Instagram that that was his opinion. That is, he believes that life must exist beyond Earth taking into account the infinite possibilities offered by the vast universe. But he also made something clear, that during his time in the Oval Office (2009-2017), he saw no “proof” that they existed.
“I don’t know if they are [los extraterrestres] real or not, but I can tell you that [Obama] revealed classified information”
Donald Trump, US president
Despite these statements, Trump has assured that Obama “revealed classified information” that “he should not have done” and that he “made a serious mistake.” He did not clarify if he meant that the classified information is that there is no evidence of any alien, but when asked directly about the existence of extraterrestrial life, he responded as follows: “I don’t know if they are real or not, but I can tell you that it revealed classified information.”
