With a sweeping victory that followed one of the most divisive U.S. elections in recent memory, Donald Trump is now set to return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States.
Although many questions remain about how the next administration’s policies could shape America over the next four years in terms of national defense, foreign policy, social issues, and the U.S. economy, another question on the minds of some Americans involves what Trump’s next term in office could mean for government transparency on the issue of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).
Trump’s past statements involving mysterious aerial objects—traditionally known as UFOs—have been wide and varied. In a 2019 ABC News interview, Trump told ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos that he didn’t necessarily believe in UFOs himself, although he didn’t doubt the claims made by U.S. military personnel who have told him they have had encounters.
“I want them to think whatever they think,” Trump told Stephanopoulos of U.S. Navy pilot reports involving UFOs in 2019, mentioning that he had “one very brief meeting on it.”