Donald Trump’s UFO admission raises eyebrows

In a recent interview, former President Donald Trump addressed the topic of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), confirming that he is often asked about the topic.

Trump, known for his unconventional approach and candid remarks, touched on the subject during a sit-down with Logan Paul for his Impaulsive podcast where he was asked about his knowledge of UFOs and the government’s handling of related information.

“I want to talk to you about aliens, UFOs, UAPs [Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]. The disclosure we’ve seen in Congress recently, it’s confusing and upsetting for a lot of Americans,” said Paul on the podcast.

“I have met with pilots…they are not conspiratorial, they are not crazy, and they tell me stories that they’ve seen things that you wouldn’t believe,” stated Trump

“Am I a believer? No, I can’t say I am. But I have met with people, serious people, that say there are some really strange things flying around out there.”

Trump then digressed onto other “aliens”, eliciting the podcast host’s laughter.

“I know there are illegal aliens out there but those are the ones that come through the border. We have plenty of them. Those are the ones…when you say aliens, I say are they illegal aliens? These might be illegal but we don’t want to test them, because if they can go four times faster we’re not gonna test them.”

Paul is an influencer and wrestler, with over 20 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, who has publicly endorsed Trump. When asked if there was a chance that information about aliens was being hidden from him, Trump said: “I guess so. You have the deep state. And you do have the deep state…”

Trump then acknowledged the possibility of otherworldly life forms, even though he’d said he doesn’t believe they exist:

“It’s very possible there is something. And why wouldn’t there be? You look at the universe and you see all of the different planets and you see… look, here we are, one relatively small planet. Why wouldn’t there be, on a planet that’s 400 times the size? Why wouldn’t there be something, somebody?”

Newsweek reached out to Trump’s office on Friday for comment.

Trump’s comments raised eyebrows on social media, particularly X, formerly Twitter.

@TATA_2020Z commented: “What a shocker, he’s not a believer. And coming from the horse’s mouth, sightings. A lot to process.”

User @steveskojek said: “So he thinks these fighter pilots or folks who have briefed him are lying or confused about what they’re seeing?” No, I don’t think that’s it. A lot of people have this reaction. The testimony they hear is credible and compelling, but they are so strongly biased against this being true by default that it takes seeing something incontrovertible to accept it.

EwokHunter1 said: “Given how much trouble he’s been in for classified information after he left the white house I can imagine he’s treading careful, while still saying something interesting.”

While @stephenlugo4 said: “Wow, he certainly spent some time talking about it.”

Former presidents, including Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, have also made comments about UFOs, further fueling public curiosity.

During his presidency, Trump signed a $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government funding bill in December 2020, which included a directive for the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to provide a report on UFOs within 180 days. This resulted in the release of a much-anticipated report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in June 2021, which reviewed 144 incidents of UFO sightings by military personnel.