Biden blasted for telling reporter the economy is 'strong as hell' while eating ice cream in Portland
foxnews.comA day after President Joe Biden drew criticism from conservatives on social media for giving unsolicited dating advice to a young teen girl in California, the president is again in hot water for claiming the "economy is strong as hell." The comment came during a conversation with a reporter at a Baskin Robbins in Portland, Oregon, who asked the president if he had any worry about the strength of the U.S.
dollar amid rising inflation. With a chocolate chip ice cream cone in his hand, Biden answered: "I’m not concerned about the strength of the dollar.
I’m concerned about the rest of the world. Our economy is strong as hell." US President Joe Biden stops for ice cream at Baskin Robbins in Portland, Oregon, October 15, 2022. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) He added: "Inflation is worldwide.
It’s worse off than it is in the United States. So the problem is the lack of economic growth and sound policy in other countries not so much ours." "It’s worldwide inflation.
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