Nearly Two-Thirds Say Biden Mishandled China Spy Balloon

A new poll has revealed that a majority of Americans believe the Biden administration’s handling Chinese spy balloon Has “made America look weak.”

The poll was conducted in by The Trafalgar GroupThe study found that 59% of Americans believe the balloon was handled properly. shot down The coast of South Carolina is also accessible. “made America look weak” The world stage

Respondents surveyed by 24.2 percent said the handling of the balloon was unacceptable. “had no impact” Only 10.1 percent of respondents said they were aware of America’s perceptions on the international stage. “it made America look strong.” 6.5 percent indicated that they were unsure.

43.6 percent of Democrats said the handling of the balloon was unacceptable. “no impact,” While the majority of Republicans (and independents) said it, 64.4 percent and 84.7 percent respectively stated that they disagree. “made America look weak.”

According to the poll, 63.4 percent believed the balloon crisis should have been handled earlier. Only 36.6 percent thought the crisis had been properly handled.

Of those who disapproved of the crisis’ handling, 34.5 percent said it should have been handled sooner, while 28.9 percent said the crisis was mishandled.

61.8 percent of Democrats believed the balloon crisis had been handled properly, while 87.1 percent and 67.7 respectively, said it was poorly handled.

The poll found that the majority of Americans believed that President Biden should’ve acted sooner in destroying the Chinese spy ball before it entered US airspace. This was 58.8 percent.

31.4 percent said that Biden shouldn’t have acted sooner, while 9.8 percent said they were unsure.

50.5 percent of Democrats said Biden shouldn’t have acted sooner, while 77.5 percent of Republicans and 64.4 percent of independents said he should have.

The poll was conducted among 1086 potential general election voters between February 6 – 7, with a margin error of 2.9 per cent.

According to reports, the balloon was launched. It is known The Department of Defense of the Biden administration was notified about the balloon almost a week prior to news of it breaking on February 2. However, the White House tried to remain silent to prevent disruptions to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s planned trip to China. The trip ended up being postponed After the balloon was first discovered by the public.

The balloon traveled through Canadian airspace before entering American territory. Officials from the US military followed it. The Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley updated Biden about the balloon the day after it entered US Airspace. But it wasn’t until Saturday when the Commander in Chief, along with the military officials, could take any action.

“I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down on Wednesday as soon as possible,” Biden spoke Saturday.

“They decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. They decided that the best time to do that was when it got over water,” Biden continued. “They successfully took it down, and I want to compliment our aviators who did it, and we will have more to report on this a little later.”