While speaking to a group of White House reporters, President Bush fended off questions about the weak state of the dollar, the expected long-term deficit caused by Social Security and Medicare payments, and a faltering housing market by assuring reporters that the U.S. economy's ability to have such a widespread negative impact on the world only further proves it is 'easily the best.' 'Our recent credit crisis alone has been enough to depress share prices in Japan, Rome, China, and Brazil,' a smirking Bush said during a press conference Thursday. 'Sounds to me like our economy is still pretty powerful.' Bush later added that he was equally proud of the impact U.S. foreign policy has had over the past six years, adding that only a truly great president could be capable of fostering so much hatred across the globe. 