The rate at which Biden has driven the US economy into the ground is 'genuinely astounding:' Steve Hilton

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"'The Next Revolution" host Steve Hilton blamed President Biden on Sunday for turning a strong U.S. economy into a 'weak, stagnant' one, calling the rate at which the country has entered a technical recession "genuinely astounding" – considering the state of the economy under former President Trump.

US ECONOMY ENTERS TECHNICAL RECESSION AFTER GROWTH TUMBLES 0.9% IN THE SECOND QUARTER

STEVE HILTON: Just out of interest, I went back and read Biden’s inaugural address again, and I noticed something amazing. Not the endless disingenuous policies about unity, but the fact he barely even talks about the economy. It’s hardly mentioned and now we know why. Because Biden’s actual economic plan now coming into full horrific view was this: how quickly and how comprehensively can we take a strong growing economy and turn it into a weak, shrinking, stagnant one? And the answer is, pretty damn quickly.

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Revised GDP numbers show the economy shrank at an even faster rate than previously reported during the first quarter, and now it is down again. So that does mean we’re in a recession. The rate at which this Biden regime has driven our economy into the ground is actually genuinely astounding. 

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It was only just a few years ago with Trump that we had the best economy for half a century. Blue collar boom, the lowest unemployment levels we've ever seen, especially for women, Black people and Latinos. But now look, we went from becoming a net energy exporter to waging a self-defeating war on energy… we went from affordable gas prices to the highest average cost per gallon on record, from pro-growth to anti-growth, pro-America to anti-America. This is Biden’s mad agenda and this is Biden’s avoidable recession. 

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India to reportedly ground Russian jets dubbed 'flying coffins'

Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets, notorious for engine failures and pilot casualties, will be retired by 2025, local media report.

MiG-21 has been the country's key fighter jet since its introduction in 1963 but has been plagued by crashes in later years. (Reuters Archive)

India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of casualties involving the single-engine jet's failure, a local newspaper reported.

The MiG-21s have long past their retirement but must be replaced before being grounded, The Times of India quoted unnamed Indian Air Force officials as saying on Saturday. 

The report did not specify what portion of India's fighter-jet capability would be affected. The Wion news outlet said the air force has around 70 MiG-21s. The air force and Defence Ministry have been buying aircraft from Western makers in recent years.

A senior ministry official declined to confirm or deny the Times of India report, telling the Reuters news agency only that discussions on the future of the MiG-21 were under way, as sourcing of spare parts from Russia was increasingly difficult due to the conflict in Ukraine.

A Defence Ministry spokesperson did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

'Flying coffins'

The MiG-21, dubbed "flying coffins" by the Indian press, has been the country's key fighter jet since its introduction in 1963 but has been plagued by crashes in later years.

The jets have been a critical security asset in India's military infrastructure, used for example to strike neighbouring rival Pakistan after an alleged suicide attack in the disputed Kashmir region in 2019.

Thursday's crash of an air force MiG-21 Bison in the desert state of Rajasthan brings to six the number of MiG-21 crashes since last year, with five officers killed, according to official data and a source.

In 2012, then-defence minister AK Antony told parliament that more than half of India's 872 MiG-21s had been lost to crashes over the previous four decades.

Source: Reuters

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