President Joe Biden on Friday touted Intel’s announcement of a new semiconductor factory in the heartland to mitigate the supply chain crisis – then once again scolded reporters for asking off-topic questions

President Joe Biden on Friday touted Intel’s announcement of a new semiconductor factory in the heartland to mitigate the supply chain crisis – then once again scolded reporters for asking off-topic questions.

Biden spoke about factory at the White House Friday, backed by Ohio Sens.
Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown – a Republican and terbaik sumatera a Democrat, respectively.

‘America invented these chips,’ Biden said, noting that three-quarters of production has now moved to East Asia. He also noted how essential they are to modern cars – which make up a third of recent inflation increases.

But the president couldn’t hold back from knocking the media at the end of his remarks – his latest public comments since a very rough two-hour press conference Wednesday, which included a discussion of Ukraine that later required a substantial cleanup effort. 

‘And by the way, the reason we’re not going to have any time for questions now, as these guys got to get quickly on a plane, and go out and do a major announcement in Ohio.

And you guys will ask me all about Russia, not about anything having to do with chips,’ Biden complained.  

A reporter did, in fact, ask Biden about chips, noting some come from Afghanistan, a country ‘in turmoil’ following the U.S.

withdrawal.

‘We’re working on that,’ Biden said, including ‘moving on directions to find where the raw materials are.’

Biden’s administration is trying to avert a Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting with his Russian counterpart in Europe. 

Biden also lamented that while U.S.
scientists first developed microchip technology, and the country previously ranked ‘Number One in the world in R and D’, the total national investment has dropped from 2 percent to 1 percent. 

‘Guess what? We now rank Number Nine.

China was number eight in the world three decades ago. Now they’re Number Two, and other countries are closing in fast,’ he said.

Intel will invest $20 billion in a new computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to video games.

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