Unthaw

Our President continues to amaze with his ability to torture the English language.
In a rountable meeting on the economy yesterday he said the following:

As I said Friday, this thaw -- took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw. But it's -- but the attitude here is a little different than it might have been a week ago.

First of all - I think he meant "freeze". Our economy is freezing up, not thawing out. Freezing is a longer process than thawing.
And of course the opposite of "thaw" is "freeze". Not "unthaw".

But who cares?
Nobody is listening to him anymore.

Michael Palin for President

After all, anyone can become President of the US!