The internet sounded off on President Joe Biden following his recent comments on the economy and inflation, arguing that the aging president is clueless and out of touch with how the majority of Americans feel, as shown by what he told CNN when asked about the economy. During those comments, he generally dismissed the concerns ordinary Americans have about the state of the country and the currency.
In one part of the interview, for example, he said that the economy has already been turned around for the better, telling CNN: “We have already turned it around. Look, look at the Michigan survey, where 65 percent of the American people think they’re in good shape economically. They think the nation’s not in good shape, but they’re personally in good shape.”
Similarly, he argued that inflation isn’t really that bad and that the job market isn’t that bad, as “good-paying jobs” have been created under his administration. He said, “The idea that we’re in a situation where things are so bad, the folks that — I mean, we have created more jobs. We’re in a situation where people have access to good-paying jobs.”
Then, dismissing cost of living concerns stemming from issues like rampant inflation, Biden said, “And the last I saw, the combination of the inflation, the cost of inflation and all those things, that’s really worrisome to people, with good reason.”
But that’s not all. He also said, when asked about inflation and why people are angry about it, that the problem is not government-spending-induced inflation but rather corporate greed. He said, “It angers them and it angers me that you have to spend more. For example, the whole idea of this notion that you have… shrinkflation… It’s like 20 percent less for the same price, that is corporate greed. It is corporate greed and we’ve got to deal with it.”
Even CNN admitted that many Americans are not in a good mood about the state of their personal finances, reporting that CNN’s polling director, Jennifer Agiesta, wrote:
Americans’ perceptions of their own finances also remain negative, with 53% saying they are dissatisfied with their personal financial situation while 47% are satisfied. Dissatisfaction is starkly prevalent among those with lower incomes (67% dissatisfied in households with annual incomes lower than $50,000), people of color (64% say they are dissatisfied) and younger Americans (61% of those younger than 45 say they are dissatisfied).
As could be expected, Biden’s general dismissal of economic concerns during the interview, along with his manner of blaming companies for “greed” rather than taking responsibility for government spending, led to a good bit of backlash on the internet, particularly on Elon Musk’s X. There, users roasted him for being out of touch with the state of the country and its economy, and for his general “clueless” nature.
One poster, for example, wrote, “Most people don’t have the money because they are honest, unlike pathological lying Joe!” Another said, “He is the most clueless president this country has ever had and that is the way history will remember him.” Similarly, yet another added, “The man is out of touch with EVERYTHING.”
Watch part of Biden’s interview here:
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