the war in ukraine than the federal reserve. robert, before we get to ukraine and the impact that it s having on this economic picture, as ron just said, the unemployment rate is now almost back down to prepandemic levels but of course the average american isn t necessarily feeling that because you have inflation, you have prices at nearly a 40-year high. what do you make of the white house s messaging on all of this? we heard from the president on his state of the union address. do you think he is doing a good enough job expressing what the white house wants him to do, which is to say i feel your pain, i get it, we re not quite there yet? i think they did do a pretty good job of this in the state of the union. look, the challenge is and i m sure they re hearing it a lot from capitol hill and their
because it is so clearly what american families need right now. i m going to turn this over. there s more to say, but maybe i ve said too much. i want to have an interchange with you guys, but now i want to turn it over to brian to begin this meeting. we ll move i may have some questions, in fairness. great. thank you, mr. president. we will move immediately to the first section of the agenda to focus on ports and logistics, the progress made and additional steps to go forward, and we ll hear from let s bring back kristen welker and monica alba. kristen welker, an important message from the president. but let s be honest, your average american isn t watching it or listening. when does it feel like they re going to see that impact? because the president s poll numbers are not great, and they re directly tied to these inflation issues. and the supply chain issues. everyone is going to be talking about it this holiday. i think you re right. and in terms of when people will actua
when you look at this? as you pointed out, it matters more to the farmers in minnesota and iowa about their soy beans being sold to china and making money in that market than in the european market. if you are china, you will grow soy beans. you can do it yourself. not import u.s. soy beans. the losers here really are these farmers. if you are president trump, you talk a big game. he is good at that. right now, people are believing him. they might not believe their ears. they might not believe their eyes. they will believe it when it hits their pocketbooks. trump is benefitting the fact that the average american isn t feeling this right now, beyond the certain industries that are being hit. that s not going to be forever. once that hits we will see. the midterm elections are a spot they are feeling it. you look at whirlpool, this company has most of its factories in iowa and ohio. the cost of washing machines is up 20% from a year ago.
bill buys one every other week. sandra: he looks good on those, too. 2.7 million jobs added that the president likes to talk about to the u.s. economy since he took office. an average of 181,000 a month. can this sort of growth be sustained? to a point. we ll get to a point where we re full employment and we already see where businesses have labor shortages. there is enough people out there. there are so many people who left the employment market and left the job market. we can sustain it throughout the rest of the year without a doubt. sandra: he said jobs are booming and confidence is soaring. democrats message is the average american isn t feeling this. what are you hearing as far as how it s playing out in the average american household? how are people feeling? they are feeling it. people are gun shy. we re coming through the great recession. it is hard to express it. i talk to a lot of people who are investors and a lot of individuals and talk to truck
joining us for more, former u.s. chief technology officer, thank you so much for joining me. thanks for having me. first of off, some tech companies have already said they ve patched several of the vulnerable bilts identified in this leak. should americans be concerned they ll be spied on and not know it? i would follow on the discussion you just had. the u.s. government has obviously policies and procedures to make sure that the average american isn t spied on as you ve just heard but it s very likely that we remain at risk for cyber attacks from those who wish to do us harm to steal our identities so the issue of cybersecurity remains a very important one and the race is between the services we want in our personal lives to make our lives better but then the ability to catch up to make sure they re secure enough so that what we have is a service for us isn t used against us by those who wish to do us harm. is it fair to say that