'The Economy Is Kind Of Like You On The Steps Of Air Force One': Colin Jost Jokes About The Economy

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At the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night, Colin Jost tossed out several jokes about the economy.

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00:00 Everything feels strange now.

00:03 By a lot of measures, President Biden is having a very successful first term,

00:07 but people don't seem to realize it.

00:10 Like with the economy, the vibes are bad, but the numbers say it's strong.

00:15 The economy is kind of like you on the steps of Air Force One.

00:19 [LAUGHTER]

00:24 It feels like it's stumbling, but there is somehow upward progress.

00:28 [LAUGHTER]

00:34 I do think that you can do more on the economy, sir.

00:36 I really do.

00:37 For example, have you considered eliminating the national debt

00:41 by shorting Trump stock?

00:42 [LAUGHTER]

00:52 People keep asking if our lives are better than they were four years ago.

00:57 Of course they are.

00:59 Four years ago, we didn't have online sports gambling.

01:04 What more do you need?

01:07 By the way, that's probably what's keeping the economy afloat,

01:10 online gambling and Taylor Swift.

01:12 Without those, we'd be in a recession right now.

01:14 [APPLAUSE]

01:19 The problem is people are always going to compare your first term to Obama's.

01:24 But I think there are actually a lot of positive similarities.

01:27 You both made big strides in health care.

01:30 Obama got us out of a recession.

01:32 You got us out of a pandemic.

01:34 Obama got Bin Laden.

01:36 You got OJ.

01:38 [LAUGHTER]

'The Economy Is Kind Of Like You On The Steps Of Air Force One': Colin Jost Jokes About The Economy

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