Yeah, it is. Compared to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm laughing and saying “If you were driving an EV this would not be affecting you” while people sat in gas lines. That’s out of touch.
At least he’s explaining himself instead of blaming the public. That’s rare. He’s treating the country like it belongs to the people in it.
You’re constantly trashing the one guy in anyone's lifetime to actually make them feel more like they own this place too.
Nobody is EVER giving that up. Especially not to people who believe they own it and we are just the passing-through-serfs, who inhabit it.