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Biden assured that the American people are “very, very depressed” after two turbulent years due to the arrival of the pandemic, the volatility of the economy and, now, the increase in gasoline prices that affects the pockets. The president commented that a recession scenario “is not inevitable.”
During an interview with the US agency ‘The Associated Press’, the president stressed that the economy he inherited was overwhelmed and that the psychological scars caused by a pandemic that altered people’s sense of identity persist in the population.
Biden rejected claims by Republicans criticizing his Covid-19 relief plan last year, which they say is responsible for pushing inflation to a 40-year high. He called that argument “strange.”
Biden assured that in his country “people are very, very depressed.” “Their need for mental health in the United States has skyrocketed because people have seen everything messed up,” Trump said. “Everything they counted on has been turned upside down. But most of it is a consequence of what has happened, of what has happened as a consequence of the, the coronavirus crisis,” he added.
The pessimism moved to the economy, with record fuel prices that have triggered inflation and have the Democrats on the tightrope to keep the House of Representatives and the Senate in the mid-term elections that will be held next month. november.
Addressing fears of a potential recession, Biden said, “First, it’s not inevitable,” he said. “Second, we’re in a stronger position than any nation in the world to beat this inflation.”
Reluctance about the rise in inflation and poor assessment in the polls
Regarding inflation, Biden was defensive. “If it’s my fault, why is every other major industrial country in the world having higher inflation? You ask? I’m not being smart,” he said. The president was bullish on the 3.6% unemployment rate and the relative strength of the United States in the world.
Biden’s poor evaluation in the polls comes at a time when voters are complaining about his job performance and leading the country. Only 39% of American adults approve of Biden’s performance as president, according to a May poll by ‘The Associated Press’ and the ‘NORC Center for Public Research’.
In that country, only two in 10 adults said the United States is headed in the right direction or that the economy is good, down from three in 10 in April. These declines were concentrated among Democrats, with just 33% within the president’s party saying the country is headed in the right direction.
with AP
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