This Meeting Never Happened – WSJ

The greatest country in the world is crossing its fingers and hoping to survive four more months with a president who suffers significant cognitive impairment. At least that s the charitable interpretation of Joe Biden s Thursday falsehoods about Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

At the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., the president cast himself as a principled leader determined to prevent political interference in the conduct of the nation s monetary policy. Here s what Mr. Biden said about the U.S. central bank:

& unlike my predecessor, I respect the Federal Reserve s independence& That independence has served the country well. 

And, by the way, I ve never once spoken to the chairman of the Fed since I became president.  It ll also do enormous damage to our economy if that independence is ever lost.

In just a few words Mr. Biden managed to communicate a number of simple untruths, starting with the preposterous claim that he s never spoken to Mr. Powell since becoming president.

via www.wsj.com

This looks like terrible staff work.