YouGov polling from 2025 found that 47 per cent of Americans believe aliens have either definitely or probably visited Earth at some stage in the past. Quizzed about his own view on the matter on Air Force One during the week,

Senior figures from inside the U.S. military and intelligence world are now openly suggesting that the government has encountered technology and even “biologics” that are not human, even as official investigations insist there is no proof of alien craft.

The president’s announcement came after he criticized former President Barack Obama for suggesting aliens are real.