The navigation system of a plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen was disrupted due to suspected Russian interference, the European Commission said.
A spokesperson said the “GPS jamming” happened while the Commission president was about to arrive in southern Bulgaria on Sunday, but she still landed safely.
They added: “We have received information from the Bulgarian authorities that they suspect that this was due to blatant interference by Russia.”
The Financial Times, citing unnamed officials, reported that von der Leyen’s plane had to land at Plovdiv Airport with the pilots using paper maps.
Trump, who hasn’t spoken to the press or seen close-up since last week at this time, is supposedly golfing in Virginia. (For some unknown reason he stayed in DC for the long weekend which is virtually unprecedented.) He has had nothing to say.
The good news is that Putin has assured him that he just “wants his shit back” as Pete Hegseth memorably said. And that’s just a piece of Europe, not the whole thing. So that’s good.
Meanwhile:
He really has brought the world together. Against us.