During an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Kirby rejected that notion and insisted that President Biden has always been ahead of the American people. “Anyone who knows President Biden knows he’s outspoken. And he tells you exactly what’s on his mind and in terms everyone can understand,” Kirby said. “So I think we obviously take great exception to the idea that this is somehow the wrong direction.” After Biden wrote Saturday that those who set gas station prices should lower them in “a time of war and global danger” to be more in line with their own costs, Bezos retweeted while criticizing the White House. JEFF BEZOS: WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF INFLATION BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT ‘PAYS THE MOST OF THE MOST’ “Oh. Inflation is too big a problem for the White House to keep making statements like this,” the Washington Post owner said. “This is either misdirection or a profound misunderstanding of basic market dynamics.” WAPO EDITORIAL TACKLES BIDEN’S ‘MAGIC INFLATION THINKING’ On Sunday, Kirby insisted it’s “neither”. He said Biden told the American people that supporting democracy in the form of aid to Ukraine “would not come without a cost” and that the president is not just pointing fingers but also trying to do what he can. “The American people are dealing with pain at the pump, clearly. Now we’re at, what, five dollars a gallon? And the president is working very, very hard on many fronts … to try to lower the price,” Kirby said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Those efforts, he said, include trying to work with the G7 to impose a price cap on Russian oil, releasing a million barrels of oil from US strategic stockpiles and urging Congress to pass a 3-month gas tax holiday. “If everybody works together on this, we can lower the price by at least about a dollar a gallon,” Kirby said.
