After President Joe Biden called on gas companies to lower the price of gas, Jeff Bezos accused the US president of misleading the public or said he lacked a “basic” understanding of the forces that really drive prices. “Ouch. Inflation is too important a problem for the White House to keep making statements like this,” Bezos said in a tweet Saturday night. In the original tweet, Biden made a direct appeal to gas stations and encouraged them to simply charge less for gas. Jeff Bezos speaks on stage during the 2021 People’s Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on December 7, 2021 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DJ) (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DJ / Getty Images) “My message to the companies that operate gas stations and set prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global danger. Lower the price you charge at the pump to reflect the cost you pay for the product,” Biden said. Saturday morning. JEFF BEZOS OVERCOMES BIDEN’S ‘MISDIRECTION’ ON INFLATION, MANCHIN SAYS ‘SAVED’ MAYORS ‘FROM THEMSELVES’ The president urged compliance, without hesitation. “And do it now,” he ordered. Bezos said his tweet was very informative and may reveal how little Biden knows about the market. “It’s either flat-out misdirection or a profound misunderstanding of basic market dynamics,” Bezos added in his response. BIDEN TWEETS DEMAND FOR VEZINA STATIONS TO ‘DROP’ PRICES, PRAISED BY CHINESE STATE MEDIA Comedian Tim Young similarly called Biden’s tweet “complete bs.” “Gas stations don’t control what they can ultimately charge,” he added. “People aren’t that stupid.” President Joe Biden speaks to governors about protecting access to reproductive health care at the White House on July 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images / Getty Images) Bezos has emerged as an unlikely critic of the Biden administration as Biden continues to try to pin the blame for high gas prices on anything ahead of the midterm elections. BEZOS VS. BIDEN: AMAZON FOUNDER SAYS WHITE HOUSE IS USING ‘DIVERSION’ TO ‘SMOKE THE ISSUE’ ON INFLATION Over the past year, Biden has blamed former President Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans, Russia and the ongoing war with Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, oil companies and now even gas stations as gas prices are the highest ever recorded in US history. After President Joe Biden called on gas stations to lower the price of gas, Jeff Bezos accused the US president of misleading the public or said he lacked a “basic” understanding of the forces that really drive prices. (Photo by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images) “It’s understandable that they want to obfuscate the issue,” Bezos tweeted in May. “They know inflation hurts the poor the most. But unions don’t cause inflation and neither do rich people.” GET THE FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE “Remember the administration did everything they could to add another $3.5 trillion to federal spending. They failed, but if they had succeeded, inflation would be even higher than it is today, and inflation today is at a high 40 years old,” he added.
