The president attended a meeting of his competition council, which is considering changing regulations and laws to help consumers deal with high prices.
At the end of the meeting, a journalist from the conservative TV channel Fox News shouted out a question about inflation, which is on the highest level of approaching 40 years.
– Do you think inflation will be a political problem before the midterm elections? was the question.
“A stupid bastard”
The Democratic president replied completely expressionlessly, and possibly unaware that his microphone was still on, that: “It is a great resource. More inflation ».
Biden then mumbled, “What a stupid bastard.”
Another reporter who was in the room when the words fell, says he could not hear what Biden actually said due to the high volume. However, he referred to the video from the event “if you are curious about what the president really thinks about being asked about inflation by Fox’s Peter Doocy”.
Doocy later shrugged off the insult in an interview with Fox.
– Well, no one has fact-checked him yet and said that it is not true, he said humorously.
Biden has not yet commented on the incident, writes CNBC News.
– Will provoke me
Headache for Biden
Inflation in the United States was 7 per cent in December. This is the highest level since 1982. It is primarily housing, cars and energy that contribute to prices in December being 7 percent higher than in December last year, according to the Ministry of Labor.
Inflation has been a headache for Biden and the Democrats in Congress, who are trying to pass large packages of measures for the economy.
The rising prices of food, gasoline, rent and other necessities are increasing the pressure on ordinary Americans, and zeroing out the wage increases many have received over the past year.
The reason for the increase in inflation is that consumption has increased sharply after the shutdowns during the corona pandemic. This has contributed to problems in the supply chain, which in turn contributes to higher prices.
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