Today Joe Biden blamed Vladimir Putin for all of his woes. Namely, he pinned inflation and high food prices on Putin:
Biden blames spiking inflation that began last year on Putin’s invasion of Ukraine which began last month.
“We need to do more to get prices under control. Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine has driven up gas prices and food prices all over the world.” pic.twitter.com/st7LNc7Sdh
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 1, 2022
Of course, none of the numbers out today reflect anything from after Putin invaded Ukraine. It’s all from before the war. But even more so we all know that inflation, food prices and gas prices were already high before Putin invaded anything.
Yet Biden is pawning off his problems on Putin, which is exactly what we predicted earlier.
Today Jen Psaki was called out for Biden doing this, with the reporter asking “How are people supposed to believe the Putin price hike is to blame for food prices going up when the timeline doesn’t add up?”
Psaki’s answer doesn’t really explain anything. She claims that they know the war ‘could’ impact food prices and that’s why Biden is saying it, but that doesn’t excuse him lying about it and blaming Putin.