To avoid ‘historic shellacking’ in midterms, Biden is promoting a sunny view of US economy

Much of America does not seem to be buying the optimistic vision that Biden and his team are selling

As he celebrated the impressive May jobs report on Friday, Joe Biden went to great lengths to paint a rosy picture of the US economy. While acknowledging the difficult reality of high prices caused by near record-high inflation, Biden pointed to the 390,000 jobs created last month to argue that the US is in a strong economic position.

I know that even with today's good news, a lot of Americans remain anxious, and I understand the feeling," the US president said. But there's every reason for the American people to feel confident that we'll meet these challenges."