President Joe Biden said Sunday the GOP’s current stance on debt-ceiling talks was “quite frankly unacceptable” before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington DC, dropping an optimistic tone as negotiations continue to flounder.

“Now it’s time for the other side to move from their extreme positions,” President Biden said during a press conference before his departure from Hiroshima, where he spent recent days meeting with world leaders at a G-7 leaders summit.

Biden aims to speak with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy by phone Sunday morning as he heads back to Washington.

[Says he’ll “talk to McCarthy by phone.” Yeah. Some crisis to this dementia riddled puddin’ head. ~ Beege]