[MortMan]

He said that shooting down the balloon “was taken into consideration,” but “because we assessed that currently, it does not pose a psychical or military risk to people on the ground, for now, we are continuing to monitor and review options.”

Psychical? Either the author or the general are idiots - perhaps both.

[mosaicwolf]

This is how I think it will play out.

State of the Union Address:

"My fellow Americans. The state of the union is great. As your commander in chief, and always considering the welfare of the American people, I have directed that the unauthorized spy ballon will be shot down as we speak. This decision on my part was very difficult but needed to be done. Thank you and good day.

[Bob434]

[[He said that shooting down the balloon “was taken into consideration,” but “because we assessed that currently, it does not pose a psychical or military risk to people on the ground, for now, we are continuing to monitor and review options.”]]

That’s a lot of words to say “the chi ess scare the crsp out of us, so we decided to let them spy on us”