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To a question from a journalist who displeased him, President Joe Biden replied, open microphone, with an insulting remark.
With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin
This is a question such as is posed to the crowd by the press at each public appearance of the president. Before a meeting of the Competition Council around Joe Biden on Monday, January 25, journalist Peter Doocy, White House correspondent for the ultra-conservative news channel Fox News, asks him if inflation is a political handicap for the midterm elections.
It’s unclear if he was aware the mic was on, but his response is both sarcastic and unfiltered. ” No, it’s a big plus ; more inflation », quips the American president. Before letting go: What kind of asshole. »
Inflation, at an unprecedented level in 40 years, particularly affects Americans less than ten months before the mid-term elections, which promise to be particularly complicated for the Democrats.
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Peter Doocy is the son of the host of one of Donald Trump’s favorite Fox News shows and he has a notoriously strained relationship with the president. ” You always ask me the nicest questions “Joe Biden told him during his press conference last week. Joe Biden had already expressed his annoyance by murmuring on this occasion ” what a silly question to a query from another Fox News reporter. It was during this episode that the president had made statements on how to respond to a minor Russian incursion into Ukraine or on confidence in the mid-term elections.
The White House had to provide after-sales service and clarify the president’s thoughts in the media. This time, the answer is in writing in the official record of the event released by the White House. So it’s sort of official, even though Joe Biden called Peter Doocy to explain that it’s nothing personal.
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