He isn’t talking to working, literate people; he is talking to his base (who will remember him as the savior of the environment, the conqueror of cancer, and a million other intangible accomplishments without metrics).
Looks to me that by tanking the economy, he has pushed back global warming enough so that New York City is not flooding.
One of my guys said it is a bla bla world. Aint it the truth.