Posted on 06/16/2022 3:52:38 PM PDT by DFG
President Joe Biden said Americans are 'really, really down' amid record inflation and the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic – but said a recession is 'not inevitable.'
He made the comments in a 30-minute sit down interview – his first formal sit-down since February, when he spoke to NBC and called interviewer Lester Holt a 'wise guy' over his inflation comments.
This time, he said a recession is not inevitable and bristled at claims by Republican lawmakers that last year's COVID-19 aid plan was fully to blame for inflation reaching a 40-year high, calling that argument 'bizarre.'
He spoke to the Associated Press days after the Federal Reserve Board of Governors announced a 0.75 per cent interest rate hike, amid a volatile week on Wall Street and a correction that has erased gains built up during his tenure.
As for the overall American mindset, Biden said, 'People are really, really down.'
'They´re really down,' he said. 'The need for mental health in America, it has skyrocketed, because people have seen everything upset. Everything they´ve counted on upset. But most of it's the consequence of what's happened, what happened as a consequence of the COVID crisis.'
The interview signaled a new effort to get his economic message out.
In May, he lunched with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, but it was off the record.
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Not Babylon Bee?
Biden calling on OTHERS to be checked for mental defects? Sheesh.
Reminds me of the crazy people in the insane asylum, where the crazy think that everybody is crazy but themselves.
Has the Biden enacted his war powers to produce mass quantities of ssri drugs for the water supply yet?
Is something that is already a reality still inevitable? We are in a recession. The question remains as to how much they can pencil whip the numbers to keep a full-on panic from happening.
WE are the laughing stock of the world.
Thanks to the Election stolen by the Dims....and I hope they are hurting...from this total BS steal!!!
FJB
This squinty-eyed, pig face clown is an utter moronic imbecile.
Seems like we’ve been here before.
This is biden’s “malaise speech”.
No Joe, you really really really suck. Your “suckiness” hurts all Americans and we don’t like it.
They are not hurting enough. I want them out of office.
That will hurt them for real.
You give away $4 trillion and get ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in return and what do you get? Inflation.
What a turd.
People felt good about getting a few bucks, but will pay ten or twenty times what they got in inflated prices the next few years.
calling that argument ‘bizarre.’
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I guess, there is something wrong with me.
Everybody I know, or I just even run into, is bizarre!
No, but he invoked the war powers to force the making of more chocolate and butterscotch pudding cups
so, all we need are more government paid health care workers to assauge us and convince us that we are really ok?
I think that’s he’s saying “if you aren’t happy with his America, you’re crazy”.
This ought to play well.
“In May, he lunched with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, but it was off the record.”
Oh to have been a fly on the wall for that.
L
Sounds like a psychopath. He deliberately inflicted serious economic harm on our nation and now acts surprised when he hears about the pain he caused. Gaslighting.
In the words of Nabokov’s Humbert Humbert, “I’m not the rapist, I’m the therapist...”
I agree. Democrats do need mental health.
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