Biden tapping the Strategic Pretoleum Reserve to relieve inflationary pressures his spending binge has created is the height of irresponsible statesmanship. He’s putting his own near-term political interests above the long-term national security interests of the country; and in the meanwhile, the problems resulting in this inflation crisis are not only being ignored, they’re actually being exacerbated. Biden re-nominating Jerome Powell, who has vowed to continue printing money into next year, has sadly made clear that America’s inflation crisis is still in the early stages.