<p>President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> gruffly instructed reporters on Wednesday to &#8220;start writing&#8221; that his economic policies have been succeeding, a demand that drew some blowback on social media.</p>
<p>A reporter asked Biden at the White House whether the United States &#8220;beat&#8221; inflation on the back of the release of data showing the annual consumer price increase <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/14/july-consumer-price-index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped</a> below 3% in July, the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/14/july-consumer-price-index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lowest since</a> March 2021.</p>
<p>“Yes! Yes! Yes! I told you we were going to have a soft landing,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1823784779197649315" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to have a soft landing. My policies are working — start writing that way, Okay?&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reporter asks about inflation.</p>
<p>President Biden: &quot;I told you you&#39;re going to have a soft landing&#8230;my policies are working. Start writing that way, okay?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/sHebANBv06">pic.twitter.com/sHebANBv06</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1823784779197649315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Multiple media reports said the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/14/business/cpi-inflation-fed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;cooling&#8221; inflation data</a> indicate the Federal Reserve will move ahead with an expected cut in interest rates next month. A &#8220;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/buyside/personal-finance/banking/what-is-a-soft-landing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soft landing</a>&#8221; can be achieved if the central bank steers the U.S. clear of a recession.</p>
<p>Still, Biden&#8217;s terse response to the press regarding the economy — in which the rising cost of goods and services has put a pinch on consumers over the past couple of years — elicited a flurry of responses on X.</p>
<p>&#8220;He beat affordability just like he beat Medicare. To death. A 2% [year-over-year] inflation rate after three and a half years of record inflation still means everything is 20% too expensive,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1823784244004433967" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">He beat affordability just like he beat Medicare. To death. A 2% YoY inflation rate after three and a half years of record inflation still means everything is 20% too expensive. <a href="https://t.co/Os8uGtAv3m">https://t.co/Os8uGtAv3m</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1823784244004433967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Biden has always had a chip on his shoulder about how the media covers him. But now he&#8217;s not even trying to hide it,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/ChrisCillizza/status/1823782841341124746" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> political commentator and former CNN editor-at-large Chris Cillizza.</p>
<p>A Republican National Committee account also shared the clip and <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1823802909584449575" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;Biden gets angry at the press as his handlers desperately try to kick them out of the room.&#8221;</p>
<p>Christopher Cadelago, POLITICO&#8217;s California bureau chief, <a href="https://x.com/ccadelago/status/1823780755476242919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> &#8220;Biden’s list of I-told-you-sos has grown, and this quote feels very much like his comments after passage of [The Inflation Reduction Act] and infrastructure package.&#8221;</p>
<p>The journalist added, &#8220;At one point Biden even said he had a binder of old headlines from stories and columns that he ultimately proved wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>Biden, who recently ended his 2024 re-election campaign and stepped aside for Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him atop the Democratic Party&#8217;s ticket, said last week he wanted his legacy to include how he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-said-he-wanted-his-legacy-to-include-he-cured-the-economy-days-before-market-plunge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;cured&#8221; the economy</a>.</p>
<p>Former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harris-camp-mocked-over-attempt-to-make-trumps-prediction-of-market-crash-look-foolish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to a rough U.S. stock market day by <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112909769952205395" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posting</a> in all capital letters to Truth Social that voters can choose &#8220;TRUMP PROSPERITY, OR THE KAMALA CRASH &amp; GREAT DEPRESSION OF 2024.&#8221;</p>

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