President-elect Donald Trump has playfully mocked former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie by posting a meme related to drone sightings over New Jersey.
Trump posted a picture that seems to be created by artificial intelligence depicting Christie eating at McDonald’s while drones carrying bags from the fast-food chain hover in the background.
This post was shared on his Truth Social platform and X, following numerous reports of drones being spotted in the sky above various states including New Jersey.
Christie, who had been in the running to be the GOP presidential candidate, has been quiet about the drone sightings above his state and hasn’t commented on them.
A wave of footage has emerged of the drones since they were first spotted last month, with some of the clearest video yet coming this week in New Jersey.Â
Video captured in Somerset County shows three ‘mystery drones in the air’ as two move extremely close as if they are interacting with each other.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said that the drones are ‘very sophisticated’, explaining: ‘The minute we get eyes on them [the drones], they go dark.’
‘I don’t blame people for being frustrated,’ Gov. Murphy continued, adding that he had spent most of last Sunday coordinating on the issue with both the White House and the US Department of Homeland Security in the hope of getting answers.Â
Trump shared what appears to be an AI-generated image of Christie eating McDonald’s, with drones in the background carrying bags from the fast food chainÂ
His post, which was made to his Truth Social platform, comes after widespread reports of drones in the sky above multiple states including The Garden State
Christie has been quiet about the drone sightings above his state and hasn’t commented on them thus far
New York Governor Kathy Hochul also slammed the Biden administration bumbling response to the crisis, telling the White House the bizarre episode ‘has gone too far.’Â
The Democrat spoke out after the drones forced Stewart Airfield to shut down its airspace for more than an hour on Friday, releasing a statement saying the feds ‘must step in’.
Hochul’s call comes after New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer and New Jersey Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim sent a letter to the FBI, the FAA and Homeland Security requesting clarity on the situation.Â
The letter insisted on an urgent briefing as the lawmakers, all Democrats, called on Biden to step up in handling the situation and reveal the mysterious source of the drones.Â
They noted that ‘since late November, communities in the New York City area and northern New Jersey have reported several incidents of attributable drone sightings at night, alarming both residents and local law enforcement.’Â
‘The potential safety and security risks posed by these drones in civilian areas is especially pertinent considering recent drone incursions at sensitive military sites in and outside of the continental United States over the past year,’ the letter read.Â
The Biden administration has maintained that the drones are not a public safety risk and pose no threat to the nation’s security.Â
A wave of footage has emerged of the drones since they were first spotted last month
New Jersey Senator Andy Kim took to X to share his own account of the drones after he went out at night with local police to observe the UFOs.Â
‘We drove to Round Valley Reservoir and the officer pointed to lights moving low over the tree line. Sometimes they were solid white light, others flashed of red and green,’ Kim wrote in a thread with multiple videos of the drones.Â
Although some have claimed the drones may likely be just airplanes and helicopters, Kim dismissed this theory as he said his group used a flight tracker to note where tracked aircraft was.Â
‘We often saw about 5-7 lights at a time that were low and not associated with aircraft we could see on the tracker app,’ he continued. ‘Some hovered while others moved across the horizon.’Â
Kim said cops told him they have been seeing the drones every evening, and they only seem to emerge after dark and disappear before dawn.Â
The fury on Capitol Hill reached fever pitch after White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby insisted that the public had nothing to fear, but admitted that officials were still struggling to corroborate some of the reports.
Over 3,000 reports of drones have been seen across the East Coast in recent weeks, with officials admitting they are unsure of their source. Pictured: Roughly nine of the drones flying in from the Atlantic Ocean on Dec 5
The FBI has received more than 3,000 tips since the first sighting on November 18, with reports of varying levels of credibility cropping up in at least 12 counties throughout New Jersey, as well as eastern Pennsylvania and Orange County, New York.
As hysteria began to spread across the country, Trump led calls for greater transparency.
He demanded the drones flying over multiple US states be shot down by the Biden White House after days of mysterious sightings across the sky.
Trump didn’t directly address the sightings over his club, but urged action from Joe Biden and the government in a Truth Social post Friday.
This was rejected by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas who said that the government does not have the authority to neutralize the drones.
Mayorkas echoed previous comments made by Kirby and suggested that some of the reports could be cases of mistaken identity related to manned aircraft.
Trump has been known for taking shots at Christie with the two trading blows during their presidential candidate campaigns.Â
During a campaign stop in New Jersey earlier this year, he told his supporters: ‘Christie, he’s eating right now. He can’t be bothered.’
