Biden ordered defensive improvements that helped detect the Chinese balloon and also determined that Trump's administration had missed them entirely. White House: Improved surveillance caught Chinese balloon https://apnews.com/article/biden-po...ake-sullivan-d7a981b058d2c195ccc01912d805ae08 US intel assessment documents Chinese spy balloon incident under Trump https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/politics/military-intelligence-report-china-balloon-trump/index.html
China just tricked Republicans into humiliating themselves It's a truth that should be self-evident: If you are emasculated by a balloon, you weren't so tough to begin with. Last week, a balloon that U.S. officials believe to be a Chinese surveillance device was spotted floating over Montana, likely to take pictures of military assets. In the grown-up world where President Joe Biden and Democrats live, this was a situation that called for a thoughtful, careful response. While displeased with the predicament, adults recognized that freaking out was not the answer. Instead, they waited until the balloon wasn't a direct threat to people and property underneath and shot it down over the ocean. Meanwhile, Republicans — many in elected office who could be doing something useful with their time — saw the Chinese balloon as an opportunity for cringeworthy tough guy cosplay. Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance was just one of many, many Republicans who spent the Days of the Chinese Balloon ping-ponging between performative hysterics and childish games of dress-up where they pretended they were somehow going to shoot the balloon down. Truly, it's an insult to call this "cosplay." People who dress up like Thor at a comic book convention don't actually imagine someone mistakes them for a godlike superhero. But Republicans genuinely seem to think waving a gun around impotently at the sky while in a panic over a balloon somehow shows they are tough guys and Biden is not. In truth, the whole debacle really just illustrated the opposite: Republicans are the epitome of overcompensation. Leading the pack, of course, was the small-fingered phony tough guy himself, Donald Trump. "The Chinese would never have floated the Blimp ('Balloon') over the United States if I were President!!!" he screeched on his fake Twitter site, Truth Social. In reality, U.S. officials claim the Chinese sent three balloons into U.S. airspace during Trump's presidency, none of which were shot down "China had too much respect for 'TRUMP' for this to have happened, and it NEVER did." Of course, as fun as it is to laugh at these fools, there's a very real dark side to the politics of overcompensation. Quislings who want to pretend they're tough often do so in the most despicable way possible: Finding someone smaller to beat up on. The first rule of MAGA: Never, ever pick on someone your own size.
This story is falling apart The three balloons during Trump were never reported to Trump or national intelligence Was this a deep state move, thinking Trump would be reckless and shoot it down
lolwut? 1. Deepstate thought Trump would be reckless in shooting down balloons 2. Biden was reckless by shooting down balloon while also being weak because he waited. choose one.
Biden would not shoot it down until he was pressured by the GOP and the Press. It is pure domestic politics.