 But Chinese spy balloons caused a big scandal in the United States. Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said it would be a serious problem if suspected Chinese spy balloons flew over the US during the Trump administration without officials at the time being alerted. On last Saturday an alleged surveillance device was shot down off the coast of South Carolina after crossing over multiple US states at a low enough altitude to be seen by the naked eye, alarming millions across the country. The Pentagon revealed later that day that three such balloons flew over parts of the US when Donald Trump was president. They were not detected until President Joe Biden took office. An unnamed senior defense official is quoted as saying, Well, if it wasn't detected when it happened, how did we detect it more recently? Did the Biden administration invent a time machine? Bolton asked on CNN. What is the basis of this new detection? Now, I understand the administration has offered to brief former National Security officials from the Trump administration. He added that he personally has not been approached about a briefing but would take one if asked. As far as I know, every Trump administration official who has been asked has said they didn't know anything about it, Bolton said of the three balloons. I will say this, if there was any actual knowledge that these balloons were over the United States and higher authority wasn't told, that's a serious problem. Bolton said the safety of Americans is an obvious concern but argued we've had bomb shelters before. People can be prepared for this. I think we obviously have to be concerned about the safety of our citizens. How would their safety be affected if there were weapons on that thing, that we didn't act when it was timely to do so? Bolton threw back. And with all due respect to the great citizens of Alaska and Montana, it's less populated than here at home. Trump himself responded furiously to the defense assessment that three such balloons flew over the US when he was president. The Chinese balloon situation is a disgrace, just like the Afghanistan horror show and everything else surrounding the grossly incompetent Biden administration, the former president wrote on his app Truth Social. They are only good at cheating in elections and disinformation and now they are putting out that a balloon was put up by China during the Trump administration in order to take the heat of the slow-moving Biden fools.