Posted on 11/10/2021 8:14:47 AM PST by Red Badger
The White House released a pre-recorded video Tuesday night of Joe Biden making an Oval Office address in which he claims to have saved Christmas and Thanksgiving this year by solving the supply chain crisis “several months ago.” Biden said he spoke with CEO’s of large retailers (and shipping companies) on Tuesday, all of whom he says assured him that everything is much improved. Biden promised Americans that unlike last year they will have what they want for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Despite Biden’s claim to have solved the supply chain problem at the ports several months ago, it was actually just last month that Biden announced he had worked out arrangements for West Coast ports to operate 24/7 (excerpt via CNBC, October 13): )
…Joe Biden will unveil a plan Wednesday to try to ease West Coast delays at the ports of Long Beach, California, and Los Angeles by expanding round-the-clock operations. Central to this plan are commitments by some of the nation’s leading retailers and shippers to ramp up overnight and off-hours operations at Long Beach and Los Angeles. FedEx, UPS, Walmart and Home Depot will announce their expanded-hours operation plans during a virtual meeting Wednesday with Biden, according to senior administration officials who briefed reporters Tuesday night…
Biden’s address was accompanied by a hypnotic piano rift reminiscent of the theme from the Exorcist. The chyron on the video displayed the names of the chief corporate executives Biden spoke with (in order as mentioned): Walmart’s Doug McMillon, UPS’ Carol B. Tomé, FedE’s Fred Smith and Target’s Brian Cornell.
I know folks are concerned about getting what they need for the upcoming holidays. That’s why I spent the afternoon on the phone with the CEOs of America’s largest retailers. Here’s what we talked about: pic.twitter.com/JMKtWxr6Kr
— President Biden (@POTUS) November 10, 2021
“I know a lot of Americans are worried whether or not there’s gonna be enough stock on the shelves for Thanksgiving and for Christmas. Whether you’ll be able to get what you need because there’s, was a short supply last year because of COVID and a range of other things. But, you know, I just got off the phone with the largest retailers in America and here’s what they came up with. They all told me that things are really moving along. One of the things I did several months ago was speed up the operation of the ports on the West Coast that have forty percent of all the goods that come through the Pacific Ocean. And we’ve moved it way, way along in terms of getting more products in and letting people know that they’re gonna be available. We’ve also moved how to get them from the ports to the stores, from the stores to your doors and uh, the bottom line is all the folks I spoke with–not just the East Coast, but the West Coast–they just all are confident that things are gonna be much different Thanksgiving and a much different Christmas this year. And so, the expectation is it’s not gonna be like this time last year. You’re gonna be able to get to the store, get to your pla…, get to the outlets you’re looking for, get the products you need, you gifts that you want. That’s what we’ve been working on.
And that’s why when I passed this thing called the Infrastructure Bill, that has a lot of money in it to improve our ports, improve our highways, improve our transportation systems, bring down costs and also create good jobs. So that’s what this is all about: Getting back to normal, getting back to a place where we lead the world again in our infrastructure and we lead the world again in having, continuing to be the fastest growing economy in the world.”
Transcribed by TGP.
Reports this week show the West Coast ports are more backed up than ever.
“A total of 111 container ships are bobbing at sea around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, waiting to dock and unload. That breaks the previous record of 108 vessels reported on October 21.”https://t.co/wUzMUZN0XQ
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) November 10, 2021
The Biden supply chain crisis now has nearly 160 ships waiting outside Long Beach and Los Angeles port complex to unload goods. https://t.co/RJQrK0BXYZ
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) November 8, 2021
Senile Joe has been a liar for his entire career.
He’s had good training for his current role as meat puppet.
Nice mock-up of the Oval Office they have there, too.
I seriously thought this was the Babylon Bee when I first read it. True life outdoes satire ...
All I wanted for Christmas last year was to have my children be able to visit me without talk of CoVid the entire visit. This year, no thanks to Brandon, I’ll be able to do that.
Why is this lying, senile, old scoundrel, NOT in a retirement, or nursing home somewhere?
Least of my worries. Gas and groceries...
He just flat out lies and hopes there are enough stupid people who will believe him.
And unfortunately, there’s no shortage of stupid people in this country.
As of January 2021 there was no supply chain problem. How’d that happen?
His handlers have made him look like an even bigger fool. If I didn’t loath him so much, I’d feel sorry for him.
Come on, photoshoppers. Do your best.
p.s. Please don't FReepsplain to me what it really is. A) I don't really give a flying fig and, secondly, I am beyond tired of my valuable time being ruined by FReepers who violently removed their own funny bones moments after registering on FR.
LOL - good one!
“FReepsplain.” I love this. I’ve had a few people try to do this. I generally ignore them, but I will be stealing this term. 😁
He doesn’t get out much
I magnified it still can’t TELL WHAT IT IS...............
Use it in good health.
This continuing babbling, retard, buffoon Democrat,Fake POTUS. Joe Biden is off to the Baltimore Port today....when he should be traveling out to the California Ports that are the ones that are really backed up. Baltimore is but a drip in the bucket when measured against the California, Florida, Louisiana shipping ports etc. This moron, idiot, Joe Biden along with his mentally limited VP, Kamala Harris do not have a clue how to correct this shipping nightmare corrected!!! And that lack of clue extends to his baby tending, useless Secretary of transportation...too!!! Ah...the American People, acting just like the chickens they are, being led to the slaughterhouse by the worst POTUS in the history of this Great United states of America!!! Me....the over the hill guy am LMAO!!!
America Wake up, America, Wise up...you all are asleep at the wheel!!! Get rid of Biden and Harris & make House leader, Nancy Pelosi your POTUS as the constitution calls for!!! She will then be gone in one or two months at the must (Retire)!!!
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