Fox White House correspondent Peter Ducey asked Biden, “Are you asking about inflation …? Do you think inflation was a political responsibility in the Middle Ages?”
“It’s a huge asset – high inflation,” Biden said. “What a stupid son.”
Dossi told Fox on Monday that he had asked Python about inflation because when asked about the president, Russia and Ukraine, he said he would not take any questions beyond the topic.
Doosie said other reporters “(White House staff tell reporters to leave the room) heard nothing in the shouts so he should have told me he said so”.
The president has become increasingly frustrated when faced with difficult questions in public in recent days.
When another Fox White House correspondent, Jackie Heinrich, asked Biden why he was waiting for Russian President Vladimir Putin to make his first move with Ukraine, he sighed, “What a stupid question.”
Earlier on Monday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told a news conference that the president had “shown that he values the freedom of the press.”
At the root of the frustration with reporters are two major crises that the Biden administration continues to deal with: tackling inflation and the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Shortly before the president’s meeting on Monday on cutting prices, Biden held a video conference with European leaders to discuss concerns about the build-up of Russian forces on the Ukrainian border.
The management’s inflation problem has already had political repercussions.
This story has been updated with additional background information.
CNN’s DJ Judd contributed to this report.
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