According to modern historical standards, Thursday marked the official entry of the United States into recession. The 2Q GDP declined by -0.9%, which marks the second consecutive quarter of falling growth for the US economy. This is in addition to the economic woes caused by high inflation and supply chain problems.
Joe Biden, for his part, tucked his tail, ran, and refused to answer questions about the report. He then went off to hold an economic roundtable with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, a setting that offered more control to the president’s handlers.
Still, things didn’t go well. In one viral clip, Biden vomits a stream of consciousness on America’s economic woes that would make Kamala Harris proud.
Biden: The difference between having inflation at 5% and price at the pumps, although it’s been down all day, but it’s still like I’m worse off. But then again, the $8 million I did not get from the government was nearly enough to cover my expenses. Do you think that makes sense? pic.twitter.com/boVpl6H7qK
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 28, 2022
“Does that make sense to anybody,” the president asks after making absolutely no sense at all. And while I’m going to do my best to translate that word salad here in a moment, the senility never ceases to slap onlookers right in the face. Imagine being Janet Yellen, having to pretend that Biden just said something incredibly “right” and profound while having no idea what he actually said.
As I said, though, I’m not here to just dunk on the president’s mental state, a worthy cause nonetheless. We all know it’s lacking, to say the least, but what was he actually trying to say? Biden appeared to once more be trying to prove that Americans are justToo stupidDiscover the beauty of these things.
The president saying “Woah, I feel worse off but then again, I didn’t get a check for $8 grand from the government” was probably him trying to say “I did get a check for $8 grand” as a way of mitigating the fact that inflation is 9.1 percent. But how many of you reading this article actually got a $8,000 check during the pandemic. I know I didn’t. I received a couple of smaller stimulus checks, but they have not in any way covered the increased price. They were actually a drop in a bucket.
Biden seems to truly believe that he can keep peeing on your leg and telling you it’s raining, though. This is a terrible messaging strategy. “Yeah, inflation is terrible and GDP continues to shrink, but you got some checks from the government a year ago!” It’s idiotic, ineffective, and insulting. If anything, the president’s nod to government subsidies is a testament to how bad such policies are. You can’t spend your way out of an inflationary boom, but Biden is going to destroy his presidency trying.
Lastly, the president’s insistence on continuing to pretend he’s an everyman who understands the pain normal Americans are going through is just not relatable. This is not a man who’s multi-millionaire but has cheated taxpayers for over a half century. Is it since when has he ever pumped his own gasoline? In other words, Biden’s political persona is just incredibly inauthentic, and his attempts to redefine “recession” are simply adding to the fakeness of it all. They say that explaining is losing if it’s not your fault.
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