Biden Chides White House Press Corps to Focus On The Positive: ‘You All Are Not The Happiest People In The World’

President Joe Biden chided the White House press corps Friday following his speech about the latest report on U.S. jobs growth.

He began his speech by declaring, “Good news today. This morning we learned the economy created 336,000 jobs in September alone. That means since I’ve taken office, we have created 13.9 million new jobs.”

Despite Biden’s optimism that “Bidenomics” was working, one reporter asked, “Mr. President, you started your remarks here today by saying it was good news today with the economic report. Why do you think most people still don’t feel positive or feel good news about the economy?”

“First of all, you just heard the news today, too. I think the people, the 300,000-plus people that got jobs feel better about the economy,” Biden said before pausing.

“I’ve gotta to choose my words here,” he said, continuing:

You all are not the happiest people in the world. What you report. And I mean it sincerely. You get more legs when you report something that’s negative. I don’t mean you’re picking on me, it’s just the nature of things.

You turn on the television and there’s not a whole lot about “boy saves dog as he swims in the lake.” You know, it’s about, “Somebody pushed the dog in the lake.” I mean, I get it. But if it you just listen to what’s going on around the world, there’s reason for people to be concerned. There’s reason for people to be concerned with what’s going on in Russia. There’s reason for people to be concerned about what’s going on in other parts of the world.

I think that the American people are smart as hell and know what their interests are. I think they know they are better off financially than they were before, it’s a fact. And all that data, all that polling show they’re more positive about the economy than they’ve been, more positive about their jobs, etc.

I just think — let me put it this way. If you just watch what happened last week in the Congress, how excited are you going to be about much of anything?

Watch the clip above via CNN.