{"id":136712,"date":"2023-02-04T08:25:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T13:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=136712"},"modified":"2023-02-04T08:25:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T13:25:54","slug":"donald-trump-shoot-down-the-balloon-canadians-report-possible-second-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=136712","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump: Shoot down the balloon! Canadians report possible second balloon…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, we know what would’ve happened had the CCP floated their spy balloon over the U.S. when Donald Trump was in the White House. Jack Posobiec, who has experience working at the Office of Naval Intelligence, suggested that on top of shooting down the balloon, that bombers be launched from Guam. Meanwhile, the Canadians are reporting a possible second balloon.<\/p>\n

From the Post Millennial:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Office of Naval Intelligence veteran and Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec agreed with the former president’s assessment, writing, “You shoot down the balloon and launch bombers from Guam that’s what you do when the homeland is threatened.”<\/p>\n

Stephen Miller, Trump’s former senior advisor for policy and White House director of speechwriting, blamed current President Joe Biden’s “weakness” for the decision to not shoot down the balloon.<\/p>\n

“A Chinese spy balloon casually invading our air space for all to see, conducting day after day of espionage in broad daylight undisturbed, is a stark visual demonstration of Joe Biden’s crippling weakness and our excruciating national humiliation,” he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Brigadier General Pat Ryder announced on Thursday, “The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now. The US government to include Norad, continues to track and monitor it closely.”<\/p>\n

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin held a meeting with senior Department of Defense leadership on Wednesday, deciding not to take military action due to “the risk to safety and security of people on the ground from the possible debris field.”<\/p>\n

Hours after Ryder made the announcement, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy demanded a Gang of Eight briefing, referring to the eight leaders within the United States Congress who are briefed on classified intelligence matters by executive branch officials.<\/p>\n

McCarthy tweeted, “China’s brazen disregard for US sovereignty is a destabilizing action that must be addressed, and President Biden cannot be silent. I am requesting a Gang of Eight briefing.”<\/p>\n

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China’s brazen disregard for U.S. sovereignty is a destabilizing action that must be addressed, and President Biden cannot be silent.<\/p>\n

I am requesting a Gang of Eight briefing. https:\/\/t.co\/KarTCUzbOS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) February 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n