“No, that’s a great asset.

More inflation,” President Biden quipped sarcastically.

He then added the insult, not realizing that everybody could still hear him.

Joe Biden smiling onstage

He also claimed the president had called to apologize shortly after the incident became public.

“I think it was back in July, you said inflation was going to be temporary.

I think a lot of Americans are wondering what your definition of temporary is,” Holt asked.

Joe Biden and Lester Holt pose at events

But the president’s irritation was abundantly clear.