look. first of all, lester holt is not a wise guy. terrific journalist. nothing wrong with the question. certainly, president biden's political advisers do not like it when he expresses annoyance in public. stipulate all that. but the reason that he was annoyed is that there's a lot wrong with the inflation conversation that we're having right thonow. first of all, a lot of inflation we're dealing with is transitory. the fact is, how long does the pandemic last? that's what transitory means. it's about disruptions related to the shutdown of the economy and the restart of the economy after the pandemic. second of all, a lot of the discussion of inflation concerns or includes the assumption that it's president biden's problem to solve. it is likely true that the american rescue plan he passed last year was too big and contributed to this inflation. we don't know how much but in terms of the problem right now,