While playing a game of softball with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Biden gaslit Americans’ concerns by saying that we’re headed to a ‘slight recession’, if that. Experts have been warning for months now that a major worldwide recession is just around the corner and shared doubts that Biden’s ‘fix’ will help.
Meanwhile, old Joe, who doesn’t even know what decade it is says that he doesn’t see it that way. “Should the American people prepare for a recession?” Tapper asked.
“No…” he said before finding his words, “Every six months they say this … There is no guarantee that there’s going to be a recession, I don’t think there will be a recession, if there is it will be a very slight recession, that is we’ll move down slightly.”
Biden then tried to wave away concerns about America’s economy by saying the rest of the world has it worse — as if that somehow should bring the American people comfort.
“Look, think about what’s happened. We’re in a better position than any other major country in the world economically and politically.”
As The Heritage Foundation’s John Cooper said, “In about 10 seconds, Joe Biden goes from ‘we won’t have a recession,’ to ‘it will be a slight recession,’ to ‘hey, our economy sucks less than everyone else’s!’”
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that the world economy was headed for “stormy waters” as it downgraded its global growth projections for next year and warned of a harsh worldwide recession if policymakers mishandled the fight against inflation.
The grim assessment was detailed in the fund’s closely watched World Economic Outlook report, which was published as the world’s top economic officials traveled to Washington for the annual meetings of the World Bank and the I.M.F.
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In about 10 seconds, Joe Biden goes from "we won't have a recession," to "it will be a slight recession," to "hey, our economy sucks less than everyone else's!" pic.twitter.com/aTQCDkT1iZ
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) October 12, 2022
Call me crazy, but I am going to listen to the experts and prepare for a possible recession. I feel like Joe left this interview and was walked back to his plane by the secret service to make sure he did wander off. He’s not the guy I’m taking advice from.