[Text/Observer Network Wang Kaiwen] "What would you say to those families who cannot afford the oil price of $4.85 per gallon?" "This is related to the future of the liberal world order."
At the moment when oil prices are soaring in the United States, a paragraph of U.S. The conversation between Cable News Network (CNN) and Biden economic adviser Brian Deese caused public outrage in the United States. Some American netizens said that the translated meaning of this sentence is: "In order to achieve our goals, we have to sacrifice many of you."
Screenshot of the video of Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, being interviewed by CNN
Fox News According to reports, in the CNN newsroom broadcast on June 30, local time, host Blackwell first played a segment of Biden's speech at the NATO summit that day, when he was asked how long the high domestic oil prices in the United States would last. Biden replied "as long as it takes" and "Russia actually cannot defeat Ukraine ".
Later, Blackwell told Deese: "Military analysts, the director of national intelligence have all said that this (Russian-Ukrainian conflict) may be a long-term war in years, and I think everyone knows why it happened. This situation. But is this sustainable?”
Blackwell went on to point out that there are American households that are complaining that they “can’t afford $4.85 per gallon for several months or even years.” unsustainable". "What are you going to tell these families?" he asked Deese.
"What you heard from the president today was a clear articulation of what is at stake." "This is about the future of the liberal world order," Deese said. We have to stand firm. At the same time, I want to say to those American families and Americans across the country, you have a president and an administration that is doing everything they can to curb the price increases and lower the price of oil."
"The good news is that in the past two weeks. Among them, we have seen a drop of about 20 cents in gas prices at the gas station, but it is still unacceptably high," Diess added, which is why Biden is meeting with G7 leaders before attending the G7 summit this week. People are discussing setting a cap on Russian oil prices.
Diss will serve as director of the White House National Economic Council starting in 2021. His remarks on June 30 caused huge controversy.
Republican group attacked. Texas U.S. Senator Cruz wrote on Twitter: "Totally out of touch with reality." Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz said: "Still not convinced that rising oil prices are due to Biden's bad leadership." The result? Well, his National Economic Council director will clarify for you that he (called rising oil prices) the 'future of the liberal world order.'
"The Biden administration has forgotten that they work for the American people. Not working for the 'liberal world order,'" said Pennsylvania Senator Roger Marshall.
“The Biden administration’s ‘liberal world order’ means destroying the Constitution and spending our entire paychecks on food and filling gas tanks,” Rep. Doug LaMalfa wrote.
Some Democrats also raised questions. Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego wrote: “Just talk about democracy and we are helping to protect a democracy. Don’t talk to Americans like you’re asking them to read Foreign Policy Same."
In the comments on Twitter about the video, American netizens also gave one-sided criticism. One upvoted comment read: "Did they just say that they want to crush us? If we don't give in to the new 'liberal order', they won't give up?"
Another comment read: "Translate it for you : In order to achieve our goals, we have to sacrifice many of you."
Some netizens posted a classic line from the movie "Shrek": "Some of you may die, but I am willing to make this sacrifice. .”
Another wrote: “A heads up to the RNC to put this clip on repeat in every political ad for the next two years. You’re welcome."
After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, international oil prices have been rising. Although Biden earlier urged U.S. oil giants to increase production and release domestic reserves, the average gasoline price across the United States still set a record of more than $5 per gallon in June.
Local time On June 22, Biden gave a speech calling on Congress to suspend the collection of gasoline taxes for the next 90 days to reduce the pressure on people's lives. In his speech, Biden, as always, blamed Putin for the high oil prices. Direct question: Do you want Europe to bear Putin's iron fist for the sake of low oil prices in the United States?
The results of a poll released by the Rasmussen Report, an American polling agency, on June 21 showed that only 11% of respondents Respondents believe that Putin is responsible for high oil prices in the United States, and more than half (52%) blame Biden's poor energy policy.
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