>

How could trump not be informed ? Are you saying their was a conspiracy to hide it from him ? Why ? Was he that untrustworthy with info or did he know and chose to ignore, in the end who knows I suppose but if it comes out it was hidden from him then you seriously have to question why and if it wasn’t then just another black stain on a man that is already covered in shame.
“conservatives” are nothing more than hysterical reactionaries at this point. >

For sure. Had Biden ordered it shot down over land they’d just switch and be outraged at the risk he took with American lives and any destruction of property. >

Shooting it down over Alaska or even Montana probably would’ve been a fine call. But yes, you are definitely correct, there will always be the people that just can’t be satisfied no matter what happens. That issue stems far outside of politics. >

My guess is they wanted it relatively intact. In the video it looks like they just deflated the balloon part and dropped the control unit into the ocean for recovery. 
I feel like waiting until it was over the ocean prevented catastrophic damage to the technology on board when they shot it down. >

Falling from 50 thousand feet or whatever, I would think hitting the ocean would be as catastrophic to the equipment as hitting land,  and then it's in salt water until recovery. 
But at least it won't land on someone's house, car, head, etc. >

If they’d shot it down over land the debris would’ve been on eBay before the recovery crew had reached the site. >

Jokes on them I’m diving the wreckage right now >

Stop it James Cameron. I don’t want to watch a 3 hour love story about the balloon. >

I would, guy knows how to tell amazing stories! >

“God himself could not shoot down this balloon.”
“Jack, I’m flying!”
“I don’t know about you, but I intend to write a strongly worded letter to the People’s Liberation Army Air Force about all of this.”
“But this balloon can’t sink!”
“It’s made of plastic, sir, I assure you it can.” >

And he never told us. Color me shocked >

"I don't want to scare the people" -fucking bozo >

After telling the entire country that it's doomed every other day for 4+ years nonetheless. >

Everyone was so excited have a powerful politician in charge. And then when nothing got better that powerful politician and his electorate blamed an unelecyshadow government... It's nuts... >


Everyone was so excited have a powerful politician in charge.

That is a curious revision of events. >

I'm guessing the "everyone" they're talking about there is all the Trump supporters >

Trump let 3 of them just go right on through but they forget to mention that. >

I think the point is if you are going to blame someone for 1, then someone who allowed 3 should get more blame.
I don't think it's actually serious from OP. >

My point is we should reject the premise.  The fault lies with the country that violated our airspace.
Republicans trying to turn this in to Biden's fault are misdirecting the conversation and responding to them about Trump is to fall for that trick. >

We agree, but that only works with people that aren't morons. If it's something someone "cares" about, it's appropriate to point out that it doesn't actually matter because someone they'll defend over it actually "was worse".
You can reject the premise while doing that.
That being said, there are two faults - the perpetrator and the reactor. You can't be blamed for the balloon existing, but you can be criticized for failing to react adequately to it, if it's something worth being criticized for.
I don't think this is, but the attempt to label this as "victim blaming" is just naive when it comes to geopolitics. >

You could certainly argue that to act decisively might have been to take it down sooner.  But I think putting the pressure on China by very publicly humiliating them over this stupid attempt for several days was the better strategic move.
You're right though about idiots.  Even on the off chance that my original comment represented some kind of defense for Trump (it doesn't) it needs to be downvoted immediately.
I stepped out of line by framing a conversation as anything other than partisan. >

I didn't take it as such, and I think we agree on the whole - just unfortunately we have people with fewer brain cells to worry about as well 🙂 >

Post this on r/conservative and see how fast you get the ban >

Ugh, every once in a while I decide to take a stroll through that sub, and I regret it every time. >

I’m banned for a comment saying that there’s bigger problems in America than that one woman’s soccer team captain that’s politically active. This was in 2020 >

Yeah. I don’t think I’ll ever comment there. I don’t want to be banned because I do like to venture over there every once in a while. >

Oh you can still go after getting banned you just can’t comment >

Oh really? Well I guess I'll take some comment suggestions to get me banned! >

Mildly praise anything considered left-leaning or slightly criticize anything right-leaning. That’s all it takes >

Well with record job growth, they’ve got to latch onto something to blame Biden for… >

I mean, yeah, conservatives are hysterical, but it works. Every time:
Event happens
Conservative conspiracy circles start spinning
Fox News picks it up and runs with it 24/7
CNN joins in to avoid being called biased
Everyone else starts talking about it
Every. Fucking. Time.
Caravans. Economy. China. Fentanyl. Crime Rates. Border. Round and round we go. >

One more thing: They take whatever it is, say that it's Biden's fault. Then we take the bait and say no it's Trump.
The Chinese violated our airspace, privacy and security.  They are responsible for that behavior and they are to blame.
Biden didn't allow this to happen.  The responsibility is with China, full stop.  Don't get sucked in to our broken domestic rhetoric at the expense of geopolitics.
If another nation can commit a flagrant violation and the result is Americans blame one another instead of that nation we're utterly fucked. >

I agree.
Not working together as a team is what’s unAmerican. >

Bigly fake news. Donald and his large brain scared away China balloons. They never heard of balloons until me Donald Trump showed them balloons. /s >

He secretly swatted them away with them giant hands of his. He didn’t mention it because he’s super humble. Probably the most humblest president ever. >

If it wasn’t for all those horrible cancer causing windmills, the balloons never would have gotten sucked over here. 
It’s just adding to what my good friend Herschel Walker called “their bad air got to move” problem >

Oh I'm sure now that the information came out, truly they will take back their criticisms or they will go after trump. What's what? GOP will just pretend it did not happen and just go after Biden still while praising trump? Ohh right, that sounds correct. >

And he never shot them down. Why is trump so weak? >

They call Biden weak on China, while Trump patted Xi on the back and congratulated him for handling the early pandemic so well. He could have demanded we be allowed to investigate the lab and wet market but instead chose to flatter the dictator. 
Biden remains the only president to promise Taiwan military intervention if China attacks them. >

Biden has made some ballsy choices in a way that you'd think conservatives would idolize. Chinese civilian balloon? Fuck that, you're lying. We're gonna shoot it down, collect the scraps, and tell the world what we find. Do something about it.
Oh, Russia invading Ukraine? We'll share our intelligence with Ukraine and tell the world. Do something about it, Putin. You won't. 
I could never in a million years imagine our last idiot do a fraction of this. >

They turned themselves into a bunch of dorks who think they’re braveheart. Weak >

And they just ignore that the military had clearance since Wednesday to shoot it down. They choose to not risk hurting anyone >

The kicker to all of this is that it was probably a reasonable decision to not shoot them down.  The shitty part is the hypocrisy.  Calling on the current administration to do something that you whipped the public in to believing, that you know is a dumb decision, is just an attack on America. >

The other kicker.... it's just a research balloon!   Like if there is THIS much concern over it all of a sudden, what are you doing/saying about all the China spy satellite's looking down on us 24/7 with pinpoint precision?     
Oh, but a balloon that can only go in the direction of the wind is much more concerning. >

Twitter people said it was so they could see our nuclear silos with greater detail. 
When told they were underground, he said they were to see how thick the doors were. >

They were Huge.   Greatest balloons ever. >

Though the question is…. does the balloon know a lot of words? >

This photo is underrated. >

I doubt the hypocrisy will stop the GOP from yelping about the ballon.  They are simply a living, walking caldron of hypocrisy these days- just look at all the bullshit they whine about only to have done it ten times worse themselves!
I’ve come to the conclusion that Republican politicians today are simply irredeemable, and will do just about anything and say anything to get their mugs on Fox for two minutes.  They are not serious lawmakers or leaders. >

So Tom cotton goes on Fox News and wants people to believe that some rednecks in Montana were the first ones to see this balloon, he said they knew about it before cia, fbi, military. The guy needs to be removed from the committee he is. He gets intelligence on this and goes on tv purposely spreading lies. He is a commie traitor >

The DOD probably knows where everything of this size is in the air on the entire planet and in space at all times. >

This is the stage that conservatives stop talking about this and quickly pivot to the next culture war topic. >

Trump thought it was a flying piniata. >

Or maybe a golf ball from his latest game, "I sent that ball up to 60,000 feet because my swing is so perfect; nobody has a swing like mine". >

They’re just angry it wasn’t intercepted over international air space, causing an even bigger incident that they would have also blamed on him. >

Joe ordered it shot down Wednesday so it was up to the military when to shoot it down. >

Well at least the GOP has some new material to use instead of actually working now. Guess Hunter’s dick pics can be put on the back burner for awhile now. >

"HOW DARE YOU LET CHINA SPY ON US UNDER YOUR WATCH!"
"It happened under trumps watch 3 times actually..."
"Yeah? Well hes not here right now is he?" >

They would blame biden if it rained outside. >

The thing was the size of 3 buses at an altitude of 60,000 feet. When they shot it down off the coast of SC it made a 7 mile wide debris field. Count me as someone glad they waited.
Not just debris but, I mean, what if it had radioactive material onboard and they shot it down over Montana and the jet stream carried that shit over 3/4 of the continental US. What then? >

That "investigation" into "Balloon Gate" the house judiciary committee was/is going to start could actually be very interesting. >

Yes I look forward to circus clowns making balloon animals for the congressional clowns or whatever similar nonsense they come up with. >

It’s a talking point because the media is now talking about it. Had Biden done nothing, these assholes would still complain. Need to give equal treatment and start questioning why Trump allowed it to happen 3 times then. Then the same assholes will deflect and ignore it. Same shit. >

Shiiiiit, how many things are they going to blame Biden for when Trump has done way worse.  I remember 25 years or so ago when Clinton was impeached for having sex and lying about it under oath.  It was a huge media circus.  Yet Trump lied every single day of his presidency, stole confidential information, sold that information and he is still considers running for the next election.  How times have changed. >

The administration handled the whole thing calmly and professionally, and republicans are grasping at straws trying to make it somehow look bad. >

Lots of people didn’t care about politics until Trump was President and he gave a voice to the pond scum of America >

Exactly. The core of MAGA are people who were never politcally active and now worship Trump like a god, or did until their newer shinier god DeSantis came around. 
MAGA are the dregs >

They still aren’t political lol. It’s literally just a game they want to “win” to them. >

They're not informed or principled. They are political, but it's the politics of lies, cruelty and destruction >

Why won’t you guys let conservatives be hypocrites? Why do you want to cancel their way of life?
/s >

Conservatives grew up shitting in the sandbox as children while the authorities and their parents punished and scolded the other children for allowing it to happen. >

Didn’t hear about those >

Because they didn’t talk about them on Fox >

They don’t care about hypocrisy. You need to stamp out their undemocratic practices. That’s all that matters. >

Imagine if there was a solar eclipse over the USA, MGT would swear Trump told her he would not tolerate it and shut it down immediately >

I’m so fucking sick of the GOP >

If Biden would’ve shot it down sooner they’d be saying he’s hawk trying to escalate tensions with China >

Republicans will do anything to distract from the amazing jobs report for last month. >

More proof that Joe Biden could literally do exactly what they want. He could end Medicare, abolish gay marriage, give wealthy elite tax breaks, shoot down every person who crosses the border and they'd have a problem with it just because they didn't vote him in. >

If he actually ended Medicare he’d have every elderly Republican voter screaming for his impeachment and execution, without a moment’s thought that he’s actually accomplished the goal of the party they’ve spent their lives voting for. 
The number of Republican voters who never realize that Democrats are the only thing standing between them and abject poverty is staggering. >

This should surprise exactly nobody at this point. It revs up their base with the more hate for the propaganda machine and they're confident their base cannot and will not fact check. >

I kinda want to jumpstart a conspiracy  that  because they popped it over the ocean, some of the pieces got jammed in the backs of whales who are now spreading Chinese propaganda to marine life. People will believe it. >

We all know the majority of conservatives are rules for thee, but not for me. >

Dems are terrible with messaging. They let republicans run with it for several days unchecked. Now afterwards they come out with this information when the damage has already been done. Terrible job by the Democrat party. >

Conservatives always use foreign actions against America to attack America. Look how they treated the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Conservatives are enemies of America and the American people >

Come to think of it, but hasn’t TFG been unusually quiet about the events surrounding this balloon? >

Hmm I’m sure this will get him clearly charged with some form of treason? Oh who am I kidding clearly the powers that he won’t do anything. >

The balloon is just a decoy to hide the fact they have invisible balloons spying on us.  Thank god we were able to shoot it down with our Jewish Space Lasers.  Of course if they wanted to spy on us all they have to do is turn on our web cams on our laptops.  Or go to Google maps and zoom in on my neighbors back yard.  Something sinister is going on over in my neighbor’s backyard, why else would he have a 6 foot fence back there. >

Trump was a paper tiger >

Meanwhile Kayleigh McEnany - Harvard Law graduate & Trump’s press secretary during covid - killed over half a million Americans when she knowingly lied to us for MONTHS about covid not being here and we don’t have to do anything & it wasn’t spreading. 
Wonder when her ass goes on trial & she spends the rest of her days sweating in prison? 
I’ll throw that out every time ‘conservative leaders’ say anything about Biden or other democrats. Fix your own fucking people before trapsing over to others yards. >

Conservatives are blaming US military officials for advising Biden not to shoot the balloon until it was safe to do so. >

Let them finish the sentence! He let a spy balloon do it only ONCE! What an amateur!  /s >

Typical hypocrisy! >

Please? Help me convince grandma that the Trump Era balloons weren't made up right now. 
She says people would have seen them >

Business insider seems to write articles just to get clicks from reddit. >

Could’ve shot it down with Jewish space lasers. !! Come on Joe Brandon >

My cousin's wife shared a Breitbart story on FB that the Biden administration tried to hide it or some such nonsense.
They switched from "Biden too weak to shoot it down" real fast. >

You know what tump’s response would have been. Just like a hurricane:
Tump: “I want to nuke it balloon.”
Staffer: “But sir, it’s over North Dakota.”
Tump - Takes red sharpie, redraws US-Canadian border.   “ Now it isn’t.  Nuke it.” >

Break out the Fox "News" playbook for the standard reaction.
Topic: What to do when we've spent several days hyping people up about something a democrat did only to find out our guy did it three times worse.
Step 1. Briefly mention in off-hours that our guy did it too so we can claim we covered it.
Step 2. Do not mention the issue again for several weeks.
Step 3. Once the issue is cools off, occasionally mention what the democrat did and how terrible it was.
Step 4. Claim to be fair and balanced. >

It’s all just theater. Just proves how unhinged the GOP believes it’s base is. The base wants meat and they feed it lies and hate. If people want to live miserable lives then that’s on them. I honestly could care less. >

Guarantee they tried to tell Trump but he refused to listen because Hannity was on. >

Mattis tried first, but Trump heard NORAD and immediately started ranting about Santa Clause. Then they tried Pence but Hannity was on so Trump launched a Diet Coke at Pence’s head and scowelled GET OUUTTT !!! >

That just means they can't find nothing to make a scandal about because Biden is a normal President. >

Lol, Biden controls the winds aloft now, too?
Add that to world gas prices and inflation. 
Biden is a veritable messiah. >

It's very unfortunate that a civilian happened to see and report this balloon over Montana. Otherwise it would have just blown over and been forgotten >

Of course they are. They’d also blame him for Pear Harbor if they could. Hahaha >

This actually makes Trump’s response to the reporter when asked about them make more sense. You can tell he didn’t want to really say much about them at all. Well surprise. Now we know why. >

Biden is in a no-win situation with Republican lawmakers. They put politics over party and want him to fail; even if it means American lives are on the line. They have proven this with their voting record many times. Unfortunately, there are a couple of Democrats who aren’t supportive either, much of the time. That’s probably a result of putting their own financial interests ahead of the country. However, there’s a chance they secretly support the Republican agenda. No matter, they are ALL scre*wing with our lives! >

Did people suddenly forget Google Earth exists? >

Here's a cool bit of history: The F-22 pilots involved in this mission took the call signs Frank01 and Frank02 to honor a WWI ace pilot named Frank Luke, the first airman to earn the Medal of Honor after shooting down a dozen enemy aircraft in just eight days, including ten recon balloons. >

Aren't the plans for the balloon in hunter biden's laptop >

The Chinese no doubt gained some  intelligence. We may not know how much and what they gained unless we are able salvage some useful data from  the wreckage. I doubt the balloon could gather anymore than one of their satellites though. 
I think Biden did the right thing until waiting until the balloon was over open water, but I'm not sure the right thing is good enough anymore.
The greatest bit of information will not be contained in the balloon itself though, but in the act  of sending it over America. The Chinese  now know that we will not risk American lives in order to shoot down a balloon that could have caused destruction at any given point along the route, either by self-destructing or accidentally falling to earth. The debris falling to earth would have been one instance where lives could have been lost, but what if the balloon was filled with a gaseous  form of Fentanyl? The debris did in fact spread out over 6 miles so imagine pure Fentanyl exploding over one of our military sites, or a big city like Denver or Chicago?   
The fact that may have  happened under Trump as well,  illustrates the boldness of the Chinese doing something like this, a direct  challenge to American air space, no matter who is President.  Now they're doing it to Joe Biden. They threaten Taiwan almost daily with military jets  and us with spy balloons. I wonder what is going on?  An American General has predicted China will invade Taiwan by '25. If they do, what will we do?  The Chinese are testing our resolve, our commitment to Taiwan and our sense of security within our own borders. >

Now that Republicans know that Trump allowed three Chinese CCP balloons pass across the US during his tenure, they will now start railing on Biden for daring China and possible war by blowing up the CCP balloon. >

Honestly I'm still trying to figure out what the big deal is with the balloon?  What does it do they can't do with spy sats or the like. >

Sure, but Trump let at LEAST 3-4 of these balloons for over the United States and kept it all secret. Biden having it shot down over an unpopulated location and seeing what's the real story and conservatives start clutching their pearls. >

Trump just though that was an eclipse >

Be skeptical of anyone trying to sell you BS on the argument that the United States fracking Military has no clue how spy balloons work, or how to shoot down a spy balloon, or that they just let the thing float through because they couldn't be fucked to think about the implications. >

Ok, it happened three other times under DT'S reign... because the American People were not made aware of this fact at the  time it happened, we can only guess at what the American People would have thought about it or encouraged government to do in reaction to it. And since we obviously did NOTHING, it isn't fair to even bring it up. This Government DID act upon the event, and did it safely; while being fully transparent, up front, and honest with the Public. Enough said. >

There is no honesty in their arguments.
If he had shot it down immediately they would be complaining that Biden risked American lives and infrastructure. "What damage would it have done to the power grid if it had landed on power lines?" and all that. >

In Trumps defense: Even he can only stare into the sun so long. >

Republicans truly are just reactionaries at this point. If they’re not mad for “letting it get into the US”, they’re mad he shot it down. The GOP is nothing but the “anything liberals do is bad” party now. >

Conservatives are just looking for reasons to complain.  Same old story. >

Seriously who gives a shit. This petty bullshit is ruining politics. >

Trump probably didn't even know about it. >

That’s because conservatives are hypocrites. >

Conservatives will say and do anything for the political win.  What a cancer they are on democracy. >

The dems passing the blame off agin. Typical >

Why wasn’t it done before it entered Alaskan airspace? Before it even went over American soil that could risk injury or property damage? It just doesn’t feel right >

Well, if "officials" say so. Then it must be true. >

There's no point in listening nor responding to anything conservatives have to say. >

They shot it down over the ocean because it had Hunter Biden’s laptop on board >

​
Biden should denounce his intelligence briefings, like we did.
Biden should have ignored the russian threat, like we did..
Biden should have ignored the pandemic threat, like we did..
Biden should have ignored the rising China threat, like we did.
Biden should have ignored the employment crisis, like we did.
Biden should ignore domestic extremism, like we did.
Biden should ignore climate change, like we did.
Biden should have ignored stock and crypto scams, like we did.
Biden should ignore gun violence, like we do.
Biden should disenfranchise opposition voters, like we do.
Biden should have left our kids to get killed in Afghanistan, like we did.
Biden should stop exploding the deficit, like we did.
Biden should politicize the military, like we did.
Biden should support Brexit and the dissolution of Nato, like we did.
Biden should militarize the police, like we did.
Biden should weaponize free speech, like we did.
Biden should sell his appointments to corrupt cronies, like we did.
Biden should get prosecuted for treason, like we did.
Biden should have lost the popular vote in his previous seven major elections.
Like we did. >

Did that balloon illegally enter our Capital building and vandalize it while trying to overturn a fair presidential election? No! So these people need to stfu. >

It wasn't a threat for Fox to make a big deal under Trump, but a Dem Prez and it's an invasion.  Time for the Space Force to come with some anti balloon tech, like a giant dart that can reach 66,000 feet. >

Not sure how you guys do it. As a Canadian, American politics is exhausting. >

"Sure, we can blame Biden for those times, too." >

Conservative leaders are fecking igits >

Republicans are in kahoots with our enemies.  They are mostly upset that the balloon was shot down at all. >

Hypocrisy thy name is republican. >

And we're supposed to believe them (conservatives is what I refer to them)? Nah... >

Well, I'm sure there are records of it happening. Go ask for them. >

I have edited my comment for possible misunderstanding. I'm saying we aren't supposed to believe conservatives. >

Why am I just now hearing about this? >

Here's the thing, these conservatives do not care if they are hypocritical, have double standards, or are even accurate in what they say. Importantly their voters don't give a shit either. You can't hold them accountable for their disingenuous screams because they just don't care about being called out.
BUT it becomes critical to call out the press that gives these disingenuous political actors airtime. Any media org that turns around and gives Jim Jordan, Roger Wicker, Tim Scott and the rest airtime need to be questioned and heavily criticized as to why they continue to give a platform to people who do not care if what they is true or constant. We can't shame people with no shame, so the only way to combat this is to stop the press from continuing to be the mouthpiece for these liars to spread their lies. >

This story leaves out that this balloon was over the U.S. much longer than the others. >

So, who gives a shit. Do you really think the Chinese need a balloon to spy on us? Do you really think we do not spy on China. It amazes me the stupid meaningless stories the media talks about. >

The problem with journalism today isn’t that they don’t spend enough time debunking GOP lies and misinformation, it’s that they cover what they say in the first place.
If your neighbor lied every time you talked with them, would you keep walking over to hear what they had to say? News editors who don’t tell their reporters to ignore GOP talking points are committing journalistic malpractice. >

Keeping people enraged is what keeps eyes on the news, so don't expect that to change anytime soon. >

This story is absolutely true. Trump’s low inflation, low gas prices, and strong economy kept people from looking at the sky, so we remained unaware of the balloons. 
It is also well known that Trump spend trillions flying mirrors around the balloons in case any citizens would look up and record a giant balloon with their phones. But now we have biden, who was transparent with the public about the balloon and let it coast across the entire united states. biden 2024. >

This article literally takes a quote from someone they dont name, also this nameless person does not give the dates of when this balloon was flying around during the trump administration. Great “journalism” business insider!
Edit: As always. >

Yea I dislike how the link to AP article that’s linked (and many other articles) didn’t link the source that mentions the previous balloons during the trump admin. But if you reserve your bias temporarily and look deeper into why everyone is saying that maybe you’ll learn something new.
Edit: they actually do link the transcript involving the military and Defense officials. I just missed it >

More fake outrage from the right when trump let 3 balloons come over in the US And didn't do shit... F these people🥴😵😵‍💫 >

Biden:  farts 
Trump:  “Cmon, I fart all the time, I can fart that guy under the table!  Nobody farts harder than me!”  
tiny pacheeeet sound >

Just another Republican't game of "Heads I Win; Tails You Lose". >

Half a million newly employed people don't give a fart about What Senator Raphael Cruz says. >

“It happened three times during the Trump administration” says the Biden administration. We are just deciding to tell you now.
You can not be that stupid. >

People are skeptical at the claim considering everyone would have been talking about Chinese surveillance balloons and it would be all over the news when Trump was president.  There would have been more impeachment hearings, these ones about Trump being a puppet of the Chinese government because he let the surveillance balloon fly within the US.  
Also, from the article:

"It's happened a few times in recent years to include before this administration. But beyond that, I'm not going to go into the details," the official said.

Not going into details hurts the claim. >

Everyone could see this one and there was tons of footage and photos. Any photos of the “supposed” ones during the trump admin? Or is it just hearsay from an “official” lmfao. That balloon was pretty hard to miss… >

Fuckin' moron. >

Officials say, anytime something happens democrats instantly make up some shit and never have any accountability. Then absolute spectrum riders like the people in here believe it. >

Pics or it didn’t happen. >

Magically three balloons appear during the Trump administration, despite thousands of people whose hobby it is to watch the sky, civilian and military radar, radio guys that just sit around and listen, tens of thousands of pilots in the air at any given time, thousands of news helicopters with FLIR, and many more general aviation pilots; none of which ever saw or reported a wayward balloon the size of three city buses...  
This news just so happen to be known after the Biden admin made itself look weak and ineffective, again. 
To be fair, we didn't need this balloon incident for everyone to see how weak the Biden admin can be. And given the gaslighting, we have no reason to suspect the Biden admin propaganda mill isn't spewing out more bullshit on a daily basis. >

Here we go... Winnie the Pooh must be laughing his ass off!
This whole balloon ordeal is not a spy operation. It's a provocation and it is certainly working well. If you want to spy, you don't send a big white balloon the size of three school buses up in the air. That's pretty much the equivalent of painting your tanks in high visibility yellow and putting a big projector on them, before launching an attack. If this was a spy operation, it was not only an epic fail, it was flat out rediculously pulled off from the beginning.
The Chinese wanted the US to find that balloon and they wanted them to shoot it down, so they can be in uproar about it. Most importantly they want the politicians within the US and globally to run around chasing their own interests against the elected government. >

Then why did they send one over South America? Also, why did the balloon that was just shot down launch something (presumably a drone) from it over Canada if it was just meant to provoke the US? Why were there 3 of them during the Trump Administration? I suspect it's a spy balloon taking high-resolution photos of areas of interest to the CCP, like our military bases, as their satellite technology is poor at best. >

Did we track them? Would be nice to know where they went. Did they display the same ability to move by changing elevation? Do they look the same? Did we share the info with our allies? Did they share the information with us? Why didn't we hear about Trump wanting to shoot them down... no way he didn't want to shoot them down.
When are we going to hear about Obama's balloon crisis? >

Hunter Biden has two balloons in his laptop. >

“How can we take the heat off of us….? Blame Trump like we always do, they’ll forget about us in a week!” >

My guess is Biden also wouldn’t have had it shot down if it had never been spotted by the public. >

More fake news from the disinformation media. It never happened under trump. He would of had it shot down immediately. >

Look its simple, Trump probably didn’t understand the big words coming out of his advisers thought it was a party balllon, can’t blame the guy, he’s not that smart, I mean come on, it’s obvious, has been for a while now.