It is not legitimate to suggest that you can wave a magic wand and solve those problems right away.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest
Students also asked which policy or government organization I would get rid of if I could wave a magic wand and thereby make it so.
Where is the Medtronic board of directors going to find a new chief executive who can wave a magic wand and just make them go away?
When one side of the bargaining table has the legal right to wave a magic wand and make the other side of the discussion completely disappear, it is hardly a scenario for a fair negotiation.
Of course, like many organisations, it will have growing pains and management issues and communication issues but it is an organisation that has 194 countries subscribing to it, so we can't just wave a magic wand and change things.
And to suggest to Americans that there is some other way, that you can wave a magic wand and cut oil prices and cut gas prices, is simply not treating the American people with the kind of respect they deserve -- because they know better.
And if somebody is going to promise that they can wave a magic wand or sprinkle the pixie dust or plant the beans in the right place so that we can get out of this problem, they're just not being straight with you and they're not being straight with the American people.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest
Speaking on his weekly phone-in on LBC's 97.3 FM, he said ministers could not "wave a magic wand" but they had taken "the most reasonable steps" possible at a time when there was little money around, continuing instability in the eurozone and the UK economy was still recovering from the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis.
Keeping the masses believing that some guy in Washington sets interest rates with a wave of his magic wand only works if all the co-conspirators play along.
But anybody who says that they can wave a wand or plant the magic beans to lead to a reduction in oil prices is just not telling the truth.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest
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