Biden's 'Malaise Moment': Blames Americans' 'Mental Health' and Lies Head off About Inflation
By Nick Arama | Jun 17, 2022 7:45 AM ET
During Jimmy Carter’s presidency, he made remarks that came to be called his “malaise speech.” Not because he ever used the word, but because his assessment of the feelings of the Americans from the crush of inflation came off so pessimistically. It became the anchor on — and description of — his presidency.
Welcome to that moment for Joe Biden, with some added lies. Biden finally did an interview with the AP — after weeks of evading one. It was just thirty minutes, so it didn’t seem to cover a lot of material. But Biden got defensive during the interview, as he does whenever he is called wrong or is challenged. He claimed that a recession was “not inevitable” and then he lied his head off about the U.S. being better at inflation than the rest of the world.
“First of all, it’s not inevitable,” he said. “Secondly, we’re in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome this inflation.”
As for the causes of inflation, Biden flashed some defensiveness on that count. “If it’s my fault, why is it the case in every other major industrial country in the world that inflation is higher? You ask yourself that? I’m not being a wise guy,” he said.
The AP tried to spin a bit what he “meant” by that statement, suggesting he was talking about inflation “rising worldwide.” But his White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre essentially repeated the same lie when queried by Fox’s Peter Doocy, launching into a word salad. She mentioned the G7, saying that we were in a much stronger position economically “than the rest.”
Biden and Jean-Pierre’s remarks of course are lies.
The latest figures on inflation for these countries indicate the following: Germany at 7.9%, France at 5.2%, Japan at 2.5%, India at 7.04%, Canada and Italy at 6.8%, and Saudi Arabia at 2.2%. Meanwhile, data released last week showed that U.S. inflation rose in May to a four-decade high of 8.6%.
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