BILL, BACK TO YOU.
>> Bill: THANKS, STEVE.
>> WHY IS THE PRESIDENT SAYING
THAT INFLATION IS WORSE
EVERYWHERE BUT HERE?
>> FIRST OF ALL INFLATION IS A
GLOBAL CHALLENGE.
>> HE SAYS INFLATION IS WORSE
EVERYWHERE BUT HERE.
THAT’S NOT TRUE.
>> WHAT
-IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
UNITED STATES.
EVERYONE IS FEELING IT BECAUSE
OF COMING OUT OF ONCE IN A
LIFETIME PANDEMIC.
BECAUSE OF THE WAR THAT RUSSIA
HAS STARTED IN UKRAINE.
>> Dana: WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY FACING PUSHBACK AS
SHE DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT’S
CLAIMS ABOUT INFLATION.
THAT’S NOT THE ONLY ISSUE BEING
CHALLENGED BY THE PRESS.
JOE CONCHA, WE COULD TALK TO
YOU ALL DAY ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S TALKING TO A.P.
THE STATEMENT HE IS MAKING.
THE CLAIM IS OUT THERE FOR TWO
WEEKS AND IT’S NOT THE NUMBERS
WEZ. INFLATION IN THE U.S.
VERSUS OTHER COUNTRIES AS YOU
CAN SEE IS 8.6% FOR THE U.S.
GERMANY IS 7.9.
JAPAN 2.5.
INDIA 7.4 AND ON AND ON.
I FEEL LIKE, JOE, IF YOU ARE
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
AND KNOW THAT PUSHBACK IS
COMING, YOU SHOULD HAVE -- IS
THERE OTHER DATA THAT WE DON’T
SEE?
YOU SHOULD BRING SOMETHING.
THEY DON’T.
THEY KEEP SAYING IT AND THEY
KEEP GETTING PUSHBACK AND YOU
DON’T GET ANYWHERE.
>> PETER DOOCY IS THE ONLY ONE
PUSHING BACK.
I WOULD THINK OTHER REPORTERS
WOULD SAY WAIT A MINUTE.
CHINA’S INFLATION IS 2.1%.
FOUR TIMES LOWER THAN THE U.S.
CHINA, SAUDI ARABIA, JAPAN,
SWITZERLAND, INDONESIA, AND
MANY OTHERS ARE ALL LOWER THAN
THE UNITED STATES.
THAT TOOK ME 14 SECONDS TO LOOK
UP ON GOOGLE, RIGHT?
SO WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION
INTENTIONALLY MISLEADS THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AS IT IS TRYING
TO DO HERE.
REMEMBER WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT
BUILD BACK BETTER.
IT WILL LOWER INFLATION AND THE
DEFICIT.
31 FLAVORS OF STUPID.
HOW COULD THAT POSSIBLY BE?
THEY TRIED TO SELL IT THAT WAY
BECAUSE THEY THINK THE MEDIA
WILL GO ALONG WITH IT.
THANKFULLY WE HAVE A PETER
DOOCY ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
>> Bill: THIS INTERVIEW OF THE
PRESIDENT, I THINK THE REPORTER
WAS RECORDING IT BUT NOT
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
YOU PRINTED IT OUT AND IT RUNS
13 PAGES.
THIS IS A MEANDERING
CONVERSATION.
SOME OF THE LOGIC KIND OF LEAP
FROGS OVER OTHER ASPECTS OF THE
CONVERSATION.
SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO FOLLOW.
AND MAYBE, JOE, THIS IS THE
REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIM
DO A ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW ON A
TV CAMERA IN FOUR MONTHS.
>> THAT’S TRUE.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT THAT
WAY.
I WON’T COUNT JIMMIE KIMMEL IN
THAT 24 MINUTES AS AN ACTUAL
INTERVIEW.
ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT’S AN
ACTUAL INTERVIEW.
THIS PRESIDENT IS SEEN AS TOO
OLD, TOO INCOMPETENT AND TOO
SLOW TO REACT TO CRISES.
YOU CAN NEVER COMPARE HIM TO
RONALD REAGAN OR BARACK OBAMA
EVER HAVING THE ABILITY TO
ARTICULATE A PERSUASIVE
ARGUMENT.
THE BOTTOM LINE HE IS ON THE
LOSING SIDE OF EVERY ARGUMENT.
YOU CAN TRY TO SPIN IT ALL YOU
WANT AND BE THE MOST PERSUASIVE
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
YOU CAN’T SPIN INFLATION OR GAS
PRICES AND PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE
IN CITIES AND SUBURBS AND
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE CROSSING
THE BORDER ILLEGALLY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY FENTANYL IS
COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY AT
RECORD NUMBERS AND KILLING A
RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS
PARTICULARLY YOUNG ONES.
WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE THE
ARGUMENTS ON YOUR SIDE YOU HAVE
TO SPIN AND HE IS NOT GOOD AT
IT.
>> Dana: WHAT HAPPENED THIS
WEEK THE MEDIA STARTED TO TURN
ON THEM AND CALLS ARE COMING