“For those who worry about how I say things, my attitude is, ‘Too bad.’” — George W. Bush, January 23, 2002
Bush relayed to a news conference that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, outlining his plans to revive Japan's economy, had placed equal emphasis in their talks on banks’ non-performing loans, ‘the devaluation issue’' and regulatory reform... bush had meant to say ‘the deflation issue.’' Thanks to Bush's ignorance the yen plunged down to 132.80 per dollar from 132.55. - February 18, 2002