White House economics adviser Brian Dees suggested pump pain was a price Americans owed to pay for the “future of a liberal world order,” in an interview with CNN on Thursday. CNN Newsroom presenter Victor Blackwell played a clip with President Biden telling a reporter at the NATO Summit on Thursday that Americans could continue to pay a gas premium “as long as it takes” to win the war. in Ukraine. Blackwell asked Deese how the White House would respond to Americans who were worried they would not be able to survive by paying close to or more than $ 5 a gallon, possibly for years to come. “Military analysts, the Director of National Intelligence, say this could be a long war measured in years. I think everyone understands why this is happening. But is it sustainable? What do you say to those families who say, ‘Listen, we can’ you can afford to pay $ 4.85 a gallon for months, if not years. “This is not sustainable,” Blackwell wondered. The Post found the stickers on petrol pumps at a Shell station. (JC Rice / New York Post) PRESIDENT BIDEN SEEMS TO PRAISE HIGH GAS PRICES AS “INCREDIBLE TRANSITION” AMERICAN MUST PASS Dees initially replied, “What you heard from the president today was a clear articulation of the stakes. This is about the future of the liberal world order and we must remain steadfast.” The comment caused a stir on social media. A White House official later praised President Biden’s efforts to cut gas prices as “good news.” “Good news, in the last two weeks, we have seen the price of gas in the pump drop by about twenty cents, but it is still unacceptably high,” he said. Dees explained the federal holiday tax cut, pressure on oil companies and a possible price cap for Russian oil were measures the president was taking to continue “reducing those prices”. White House Chief Financial Officer Brian Dees was asked about the Biden administration’s plan to combat high gas prices during the CNN Newsroom on Thursday. REUTERS / Kevin Lamarck
WASHINGTON POST REPORTER MOURNS ABOUT ENERGY CRISIS AND HIGH GAS PRICES “DO NOT PROMOTE A GREEN REVOLUTION” But Blackwell continued to press Adviser Biden over Americans’ dissatisfaction with the government. He cited an AP-NORC poll that found that 69% of Americans disapprove of the president’s work in the economy and 85% are dissatisfied with the direction the country is taking. Dees replied that he sympathized with the “disappointments” of the Americans, but said that they should remember that the Biden administration had made “historic economic progress” and that it was a “transition”. “And also remind the American people that even as we go through this challenging period, even as we go through this transition, we have also made historic economic progress and that does not mean that people should not feel the stress they feel.” began. Biden argued that the United States was “better and stronger” in dealing with these problems. US President Joe Biden talks about inflation and the economy at the South Court Auditorium on White House Campus on May 10, 2022 in Washington, DC.
MSNBC, WAPO, ABC DATA WARNS VOTERS ABOUT GAS PRICES AFFECTING THEIR VOTE IN NOVEMBER Asked what he meant by “transition,” Dees said the administration wanted to put the economy back in a much better position than it was under the Trump administration. “The pre-pandemic economy did not work for many middle-class families,” he said. A Fox News poll in June found that more voters trust Republicans in managing inflation. CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION Kristine Parks is an associate editor of Fox News Digital. History tips can be sent to [email protected]