Mike Pompeo calls on Biden to shoot down China's balloon, warns his 'weakness is provocative'

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Mike Pompeo calls on Biden to shoot down China's balloon, warns his 'weakness is provocative'
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the 'Biden administration's weakness is provocative' as it refuses to take down a Chinese spy balloon hovering over the U.S.

A Chinese spy balloon is now over the central U.S. and will be in U.S. airspace for 'a few days,' Defense Department press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said at a briefing Friday.

"When we realized the CCP was spying on Americans from their consulate in Houston, we shut it down," Pomeo tweeted Friday. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday the "Biden administration's weakness is provocative" as it refuses to take down a Chinese spy balloon hovering over the U.S. President Biden declined to shoot down the balloon after he was briefed that it did not serve as a military threat.

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