“This isn’t going to be something that we catch up in a year or two, when everything is back to normal — I think this is going to be a decade long,” Johns Hopkins researcher Amanda Nietzel said.

59% of voters said that they agreed with that assessment, including 46% who “strongly” agreed that the Bidens “have been influence-peddling for a decade.” Thirty-one percent (31%) disagreed (18% “strongly”), while 10% said they were “not sure.”

Attorney General Merrick Garland disagreed with the 5th Circuit’s ruling and said the Biden administration would appeal.

Trump took swipes at a number of hypothetical adversaries including former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Governors Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. 

The disclosure of the spy balloon’s maneuverability directly challenges China’s assertion that the balloon was merely a civilian airship that had strayed into U.S. territory after being blown off course.