New Report Discusses State Department Officials Discussions With China In 2023

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So let’s get this straight: a Chinese spy balloon floats its merry way across American skies, cruising above military installations and God knows what else, and what’s the Biden administration’s first reaction? Panic about how it might look if the American people found out. You can’t make this up. Before the rest of us even knew there was a foreign surveillance craft taking a scenic tour over the continental United States, Biden’s people were already in hushed meetings with Beijing, seemingly worried that our response might hurt their feelings.

This isn’t some conspiracy theory pulled from the corners of the internet—it’s straight from internal State Department documents, as reported by Fox News. On February 1, 2023, while the balloon was still gracefully violating our airspace, Team Biden was discussing how the disclosure of the balloon’s presence—not the balloon itself—might impact our delicate little relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. That’s not leadership. That’s groveling. That’s covering your political backside while a foreign adversary floats a surveillance device over your homeland like it’s some kind of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade float.

And of course, it wasn’t until February 4—after the Pentagon went public and the pressure cooker hit full boil—that a fighter jet finally took the thing down off the coast of South Carolina. Because by then, what choice did they have? When people from Montana to Missouri can literally see the spy balloon overhead and post it on social media, the jig is kind of up. You can’t exactly pretend it’s a weather balloon or a rogue party decoration anymore.

Now, let’s play pretend for a second. Imagine this same situation happened under President Donald J. Trump. Picture a Chinese spy balloon drifting over the U.S., and Trump calling up Beijing to say, “Hey, don’t worry, we’ll keep this quiet so nobody gets upset.” The media would’ve spontaneously combusted. CNN would’ve had an “Insurrection-Level Crisis” banner, MSNBC would’ve accused Trump of selling the country to the CCP, and Adam Schiff would’ve already held a midnight press conference on the Capitol steps, clutching a freshly printed impeachment resolution.

But since it was Biden? Crickets. Well, not crickets—just the usual dodging, spinning, and gaslighting. Secretary Blinken’s spokesman had the audacity to say Blinken was “tough on China” and “advocated strongly” to tell the American people. Sure, pal. No one’s saying the public wasn’t eventually told. The problem is that this administration’s first instinct wasn’t to alert the American people—it was to run interference for China. That’s not transparency. That’s damage control. And it raises the question: who exactly is this administration working for?

And please spare us the “Blinken’s a China hawk” routine. If being “tough on China” means whispering sweet nothings to the CCP behind closed doors about how your domestic audience might not handle the truth well, then we’ve redefined toughness to mean “pathologically allergic to accountability.”

This isn’t even about party politics at this point. It’s about the principle of who gets priority when a hostile foreign power invades our airspace. In Biden’s America, apparently, the top concern is preserving diplomatic optics over protecting national security. And with Biden’s alleged history of family business dealings conveniently tangled up with Beijing-backed entities—remember the “Big Guy” and Hunter’s laptop?—this episode looks less like cautious diplomacy and more like another chapter in a long-running series called The Art of the Soft Sellout.

So yes, this balloon incident is more than just a blip on the radar. It’s a window into how far some in this administration are willing to go to tiptoe around foreign adversaries while keeping the American people in the dark. And the worst part? They still expect a round of applause for how they “handled” it.

Here’s a thought: Maybe next time a foreign government sends a spy device into our skies, our leaders should worry less about offending Beijing and more about defending America. Just a wild idea.

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