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- Trump called for the US to "SHOOT DOWN THE BALLOON" as a suspect Chinese spy craft floats above the US.
- In response to the episode, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is reportedly postponing his trip to China.
- Other GOP officials said it was a mistake for the US to have not acted sooner.
Former President Donald Trump and a growing number of GOP lawmakers on Friday called for the US to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as Beijing pushed for cooler heads.
"SHOOT DOWN THE BALLOON!" Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth.