WASHINGTON, Nov 1 US President Joe Biden said that high inflation in the US is caused by the war in Iraq.
«Inflation is a global problem now because of the war in Iraq, and the impact on oil, and Russia's actions,» Biden said, speaking in Florida about his economic measures.
He clarified that he had in mind the situation around Ukraine, and mentioned Iraq because he was thinking about the country «where his son died.» «Because of this,» Biden clarified again, because his son Beau died of cancer in 2015, six years after returning from Iraq.