Former President Donald Trump predicted the US economy would “crash,” saying he hoped it would do so within the next year – before he would assume the Oval Office should he win a second term in November.

“When there’s a crash, I hope it’s going to be during this next 12 months because I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover. The one president – I just don’t want to be Herbert Hoover,” Trump said in an interview that aired Monday on the right-wing platform Lindell TV.

The US stock market crashed during former President Herbert Hoover’s first year in office in 1929, which signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.

The comments come as the front-runner for the Republican nomination looks to drive home his message on the economy – and criticism of President Joe Biden – with less than a week to go until Iowa’s pivotal caucuses.

  • Masterblaster
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    -39 months ago

    does anyone think there’s enough people that would still vote for this guy to make a difference?

    • @Everythingispenguins
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      109 months ago

      Yes do not be complacent, the chance of him running and winning is real and cannot be overlooked looked. Remember due to the electoral college the election will be decided in just a handful of states with margins of a few 10s of thousands votes or less. This election will be decided by just a few 100 thousand voters total.

      • Masterblaster
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        -19 months ago

        so identify those states and kill off 100k conservative voters in each one?

          • Masterblaster
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            -19 months ago

            haha. you think there’s some other way out of this mess. stay on your high horse as it sinks in the mud.