Last spring, in March, at a press conference in Brussels, Joe Biden explained that the sanctions he was imposing against Russia - while morally necessary - were also going to cause food shortages around the world, including here in the United States.
"It's going to be real," he said. There was no hint of panic - emotions you'd expect from a leader predicting the deaths of human beings from starvation - none of that.
Instead, there was pure nonchalant casualness.
Biden could have been describing the weather or a trip to the dry cleaners: "It's going to be real".
Then Biden continued, recounting a conversation he had with European allies. He told us all about it when he met with the group. It's on tape.
So here you have the president of the United States pledging to increase food shortages at a press conference.
That seemed like a newsworthy event - but not a single news organization in this country seemed to notice it happened, nor did the White House correct it.
But others were watching.
So, within days that clip wound up on social media, and Facebook flagged it immediately as quote "false news".
Now, strictly speaking - that's untrue.
There's nothing false about the video - it was entirely real no one contests that, but apparently Facebook users were supposed to understand that Joe Biden is senile and therefore he's not accountable for his own words.
Taking Joe Biden literally qualifies as quote "misinformation".
Now, we'll leave that whole episode for you to assess.
We can't know what Joe Biden was thinking - if anything - when he uttered those words in Brussels.
We can only tell you what happened afterward. Strange disasters began to beset food processors all over the United States.
Thanks....I had just retyped your minutes transcript, on the TFT thread.
I should’ve just waited a few minutes 😂
Appreciate the ping.
There must be hundreds of excuses for the things Biden says. In November I heard that we just don't understand the way Irish people speak LOL.
TC went on to explain that egg farms experienced an immediate egg increase after switching form Purina to local brands; from zero eggs for months to lots of eggs within a day.
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Did you see this?