Pompeo: Biden Balloon Response Latest National Security Failure

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Biden administration's slow response to a suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States is the latest example of failing to do "the simple things to protect the country."

Pompeo, considered a potential contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, appeared on Hugh Hewitt's podcast on Monday and was asked if he had been "amazed at the incompetence" of President Joe Biden's team in dealing with the balloon.

"I am but we've seen this," Pompeo told Hewitt. "This isn't the first demonstration of the inability to do the simple things to protect the country. You call it incompetence — just the absence of a gut instinct that says this is the thing we need to do.

"Afghanistan is probably the quintessential public example, but we could, time and time again, watch as the Biden administration simply failed to do the basics of the things that matter most and deter aggression.