Biden Blames the 'Putin Price Hike' for Inflation

For President Joe Biden, the pain Americans are feeling in their pocketbooks comes down to an increasingly repeated slogan: "Putin's price hike." For more than a month now, his administration has tried to blame rising prices on the Russian president's invasion of Ukraine. But the truth is a little more complicated, analysts say. VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell reports from Washington.

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[OutyMan]

Prices have been rising since the Covid print money bonuses. I'm not talking about that $1, 200 check to people; I'm talking about writing $50, 000 checks to hospitals for diagnosing patients with Covid, PER PATIENT. Pushing the narrative is expensive.

[giannirusso]

*What did he just say ??? We need a new president for gods sake this is the same guy that gave the Taliban 84 billion dollars of military equipment.*

[sjp]

Shutting down Keystone, blocking SPR, blocking oil drill leases on federal lands, etc. naaaah THAT had nothing to do with it.

[cornpop]

The amount of protection this administration gets from the media is sickening

[joeyanderson]

Actually they've been rising for a year before the Ukrainian war....

[Idancewithwolves]

Imagine a leader blaming someone and then still not fixing the problem.

[darylpatton]

This damn president can't take blame for shit. It's always someone else's fault

[avgjayevryday]

Build back better! Russia has nothing to do with it. Let’s go Brandon!

[henryc]

The Putin price hike my a**! More like the Biden price hike!!!

[johnrosue]

Biden be like: I literally printed Trillions of Dollars in 2021 from literally nothing...Putin made me do it.

[thelonewrangler]

I love my country but my country needs to recognize that it's citizens have seen this game play out several times over and will eventually get tired of it

[solvingpolitics]

Biden running for President: “Everything is Trumps fault.”
Biden as President: “ Everything is someone else’s fault.”

[NHLblkgurl]

Funny to watch Jake Tapper (even) call BS.. pointing out they’ve been reporting this LONG before Putin.. LOL

[NesQuik]

Imagine if biden voters didn't get mad at Trump tweets and believe the MSM. We would be in a better place.

[sailbroker]

"Hunter is the smartest guy I know"
Brandon

[joemama]

Flip a coin.
Heads - Trump’s fault
Tails - Putin’s fault

[jonmckinney]

Whoever voted for that man… shame on you.

[scottjulie]

We had this WAY before Putin.

Remember “The Keystone Pipeline”, Brandon?!!!!

Reinstate it, and this whole “Gas Price Increase” nightmare will be officially over.

[Stephen_Luther]

What a liar. This has nothing to do with Putin.

[KRAMPOL-]

WTF! U blame someone for your mistake??