Trump says he hopes economy crashes in next 12 months: ‘I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover’

[CharlieH]

Former President Trump said in an interview that aired Monday that he predicts the U.S. economy will crash and that he hopes it does so within the next year.

In the interview with Lou Dobbs, Trump, the current front-runner in the GOP presidential primary race, explained that, if he were elected again, he would not want to serve a term similar to President Hoover’s — who took office when the economy was stable but later oversaw the start of the Great Depression.

 

Trump railed against the economy but conceded that there were some good aspects of it and took credit for those successes.

“We have an economy that’s so fragile, and the only reason it’s running now is it’s running off the fumes of what we did,” Trump said. “It’s just running off the fumes.”

Trump added: “And 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.”

The U.S. economy, however, has defied economists’ predictions and closed the 2023 year with high marks on a wide range of criteria: Inflation was down, job growth remained high, and the unemployment rate stayed low.

“What we’re seeing now I think we can describe as a soft landing, and my hope is that it will continue,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview on CNN on Friday, shortly after the release of a surprisingly strong jobs report for December.

The U.S. added 216,000 jobs in the final month of 2023 and kept the unemployment rate at 3.7 percent, far exceeding the expectations of economists. The annual inflation rate also dropped from 9.1 percent, a four-decade high, in June 2022 to 3.1 percent in November, according to the Labor Department.

 

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[Tug]

And this abomination wants to be president again!just beyond belief……..

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

Trump added: “And 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.

No doubt the Trump haters will accuse him of wanting a crash, when he means that he thinks there will be one and he doesn't want to be president when it starts.

 

Looking at the US it's probably fair to expect that the economy will crash, but as usual that may or may not happen depending on a lot of things.

It would be ironic if Biden wins only to suffer from a crash that he caused.

[novacova]

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

Trump says he hopes economy crashes in next 12 months: ‘I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover’

? Though he actually started this⬇️…

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

Trump added: “And 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.”

…typical un-journalistic conflating nonsense for the submissive subjugated zombies.

[Georgealbert]

21 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

No doubt the Trump haters will accuse him of wanting a crash, when he means that he thinks there will be one and he doesn't want to be president when it starts.

 

Looking at the US it's probably fair to expect that the economy will crash, but as usual that may or may not happen depending on a lot of things.

It would be ironic if Biden wins only to suffer from a crash that he caused.

Yet another stupid post by the man thats has everyone ignore, as he believes, like Trump, his is always right.

 

How long is it going to take for those fooled by this conman to look at them self and realise? I think never!

 

More will be along to show they 100 % support for every word their hero says, look at the claim yesterday on how the ‘chosen one’  would have negotiated and prevented the civil war?

 

Some posters are in an alternative reality. 5555555, but lack the intelligence to see it.

[2baht]

Ol' Lyin' Donzo, fear mongering for the rednecks! 

 

 

Edited January 9 by 2baht

[ballpoint]

Interesting choice, given Trump relies on a bunch of hoovers for support and funding.

[ozimoron]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

No doubt the Trump haters will accuse him of wanting a crash, when he means that he thinks there will be one and he doesn't want to be president when it starts.

 

Looking at the US it's probably fair to expect that the economy will crash, but as usual that may or may not happen depending on a lot of things.

It would be ironic if Biden wins only to suffer from a crash that he caused.

The republican strategy ever since Biden won has been to shut down government funding to cause a crash in the economy. They figure that the uninformed great unwashed will blame Biden and vote for Trump. These scum are fascists

 

[earlinclaifornia]

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

Yet another stupid post by the man thats has everyone ignore, as he believes, like Trump, his is always right.

 

How long is it going to take for those fooled by this conman to look at them self and realise? I think never!

 

More will be along to show they 100 % support for every word their hero says, look at the claim yesterday on how the ‘chosen one’  would have negotiated and prevented the civil war?

 

Some posters are in an alternative reality. 5555555, but lack the intelligence to see it.

I can't stomach his NZ hatred for America and will ignore him forever.

[Georgealbert]

5 minutes ago, earlinclaifornia said:

I can't stomach his NZ hatred for America and will ignore him forever.

Please do not put him on ignore.
 

That is what he wants. He ignores everyone so he does not see any challenges. If everyone ignores him he gets away with posting what he wants.

 

Facts and truth are the best way to approach this, even if t gets harder to remain civil against most of the BS

[earlinclaifornia]

Just now, Georgealbert said:

Please do not put him on ignore.
 

That is what he wants. He ignores everyone so he does not see any challenges. If everyone ignores him he gets away with posting what he wants.

 

Facts and truth are the best way to approach this, even if t gets harder to remain civil against most of the BS

Point well made. 

[2baht]

3 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

Please do not put him on ignore.
 

That is what he wants. He ignores everyone so he does not see any challenges. If everyone ignores him he gets away with posting what he wants.

 

Facts and truth are the best way to approach this, even if t gets harder to remain civil against most of the BS

Keep idiots in your sights!

[candide]

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

No doubt the Trump haters will accuse him of wanting a crash, when he means that he thinks there will be one and he doesn't want to be president when it starts.

 

Looking at the US it's probably fair to expect that the economy will crash, but as usual that may or may not happen depending on a lot of things.

It would be ironic if Biden wins only to suffer from a crash that he caused.

You, son of a &#$%

(Just checking if I'm still on ignore! 😃)

[Chomper Higgot]

If the rightwing christofascists he elevated to the SCOTUS can’t save him, he hopes the misery of an economic crash is visited on America to the job for him.

Maybe one of the totalitarian thugs he admires so much can get the message and disrupt oil and gas supplies, or a major trade route, that might do the trick. 

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Please do not put him on ignore.

Totally agree!

However instead of an ignore option there should be one to "move to the worst joke forum" instead where most of his posts belong!

That way we can join in the joke!

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

Keep idiots in your sights!

Please do not insult idiots, he is way worse!

[xylophone]

3 hours ago, earlinclaifornia said:

I can't stomach his NZ hatred for America and will ignore him forever.

He is only a sample of one Earl, and I can assure you that the USA is looked upon as a "partner" by NZ, even sharing the "five eyes" intelligence/defence relationship....... 

 

"The Five Eyes alliance is an intelligence network established post-World War II between the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Its genesis lies in the post-war 1946 UKUSA Agreement, intended as a cooperative arrangement for sharing signals intelligence (SIGINT)".

 

I am a New Zealander and have absolutely no problem with anyone from the US, apart from Trump and his idiot followers. 

[earlinclaifornia]

39 minutes ago, xylophone said:

He is only a sample of one Earl, and I can assure you that the USA is looked upon as a "partner" by NZ, even sharing the "five eyes" intelligence/defence relationship....... 

 

"The Five Eyes alliance is an intelligence network established post-World War II between the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Its genesis lies in the post-war 1946 UKUSA Agreement, intended as a cooperative arrangement for sharing signals intelligence (SIGINT)".

 

I am a New Zealander and have absolutely no problem with anyone from the US, apart from Trump and his idiot followers. 

I think the world of your posts so keep the honest points continue please.

[billd766]

6 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Yet another stupid post by the man thats has everyone ignore, as he believes, like Trump, his is always right.

 

How long is it going to take for those fooled by this conman to look at them self and realise? I think never!

 

More will be along to show they 100 % support for every word their hero says, look at the claim yesterday on how the ‘chosen one’  would have negotiated and prevented the civil war?

 

Some posters are in an alternative reality. 5555555, but lack the intelligence to see it.

Just because many people don't believe him does not make him wrong, nor does it make you right.

 

His opinion is his opinion is his opinion, just the same as your opinion is yours, and my opinion is mine. He like you, I, and everybody else has the same right to post here.

 

If you don't like his post then ask him to explain it, and if you still disagree with his answer, then say why you disagree with it.

 

Sometimes I agree with his posts and sometimes I disagree, That doesn't make either of us right or wrong. It is simply that our opinions differ.

[billd766]

5 hours ago, earlinclaifornia said:

I can't stomach his NZ hatred for America and will ignore him forever.

Then it is easy. Put him on ignore or simply skip his posts or don' t read them. It is your choice.

[billd766]

5 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Please do not put him on ignore.
 

That is what he wants. He ignores everyone so he does not see any challenges. If everyone ignores him he gets away with posting what he wants.

 

Facts and truth are the best way to approach this, even if t gets harder to remain civil against most of the BS

But who decides what are the facts and what is the truth.

 

You, me, Earl in, TBL

 

The truth to most people is what they want to believe.

 

Take Trump as an example.

 

He obviously believes that he speaks the truth, even when facts and fact checking says he is wrong.

 

IMO he is wrong, but IHO he is right and he believes his version as much as you believe in your version.

[Georgealbert]

4 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Just because many people don't believe him does not make him wrong, nor does it make you right.

 

His opinion is his opinion is his opinion, just the same as your opinion is yours, and my opinion is mine. He like you, I, and everybody else has the same right to post here.

 

If you don't like his post then ask him to explain it, and if you still disagree with his answer, then say why you disagree with it.

 

Sometimes I agree with his posts and sometimes I disagree, That doesn't make either of us right or wrong. It is simply that our opinions differ.

555555 thank you so the post.

 

He does not answer questions, he puts your on ignore. His favourite boost is that his ignore lists is pages long!

 

The problems are, he refuses to accept facts and the truth, and believes only his opinion counts.

 

I know everyone has different opinions, but they count for zero, when you refuse to accept the truth when presented to you.

 

Read his post again, he is claiming the news sorry is false, then gives his opinion of what the news story should say. He lack the ability of critical thinking, and just swamps the forum everyday with rubbish. That is why many posters call him out.

 

I don’t put people on ignore, because that just allows them to continue to post BS, unchallenged.

 

You may notice from the replies, I am not the only one who thinks that way.

 

Enjoy your day.

[billd766]

2 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Totally agree!

However instead of an ignore option there should be one to "move to the worst joke forum" instead where most of his posts belong!

That way we can join in the joke!

If you want to move posts become a moderator. He has the same right to post where he wishes as everybody else. 

 

If you don't agree then report the post and let the moderators deal with it, BUT, if they leave it where it is, then don't complain.

[Walker88]

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

No doubt the Trump haters will accuse him of wanting a crash, when he means that he thinks there will be one and he doesn't want to be president when it starts.

 

Looking at the US it's probably fair to expect that the economy will crash, but as usual that may or may not happen depending on a lot of things.

It would be ironic if Biden wins only to suffer from a crash that he caused.

 

How ignorant does someone need to be, and how broken is one's logic to think trump meant anything less than HE WANTS A CRASH BECAUSE HE THINKS IT WILL HELP HIM?

 

The reason the Nigerian 419 Scam still exists i because their are such people.

[billd766]

5 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

555555 thank you so the post.

 

He does not answer questions, he puts your on ignore. His favourite boost is that his ignore lists is pages long!

 

The problems are, he refuses to accept facts and the truth, and believes only his opinion counts.

 

I know everyone has different opinions, but they count for zero, when you refuse to accept the truth when presented to you.

 

Read his post again, he is claiming the news sorry is false, then gives his opinion of what the news story should say. He lack the ability of critical thinking, and just swamps the forum everyday with rubbish. That is why many posters call him out.

 

I don’t put people on ignore, because that just allows them to continue to post BS, unchallenged.

 

You may notice from the replies, I am not the only one who thinks that way.

 

Enjoy your day.

Thank you for your polite response.

 

You may notice from my posts that I am defending his corner and that I am the only one to do so.

 

If you don't like his posts and/or don't agree with them, why bother to read them? You are fairly sure that you won't agree with his response, so simply pass them by. I do on many other posts from other posters and I feel it makes my life easier.

 

If you don't respond to any of his posts what have you lost?

[scottiejohn]

24 minutes ago, billd766 said:

If you don't like his post then ask him to explain it, and if you still disagree with his answer, then say why you disagree with it.

Try doing that with him!

There is no point as only his first response is accurate according to him and nothing you or anyone else posts will ever change his original stance.

[scottiejohn]

Just now, billd766 said:

If you don't respond to any of his posts what have you lost?

Nothing as I prefer to respond to people who respond to his often frivolous and pointless defensive ramblings!

[Walker88]

As they say on Late Night Infomercials....

 

But wait! There's more!

 

In the last day, here's some absurdities spewing from that abomination known as trumpistan:

 

---trump hopes the US economy crashes, thinking it will help him

 

---trump's legal defense in his Georgia case is, "He didn't know trying to overthrow an election is illegal" (This is what his 'crack' legal team filed with the court in the US State of Georgia yesterday.)

 

---trump re-posted on his Lie Truth Social a video where he is portrayed as a messenger from god. The video actually says:

 

"And on June 14, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker,’ so God gave us Trump.”

 

Ostensibly that sort of nonsense appeals to the US Talibangicals.

[ozimoron]

 

[billd766]

3 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

 

How ignorant does someone need to be, and how broken is one's logic to think trump meant anything less than HE WANTS A CRASH BECAUSE HE THINKS IT WILL HELP HIM?

 

The reason the Nigerian 419 Scam still exists i because their are such people.

I agree, and and IMHO if Trump doesn't want to be involved in the aftermath, then all he has to is withdraw his nomination.

 

I honestly don't think that he will.

 

Will the US crash? I really don't know.

 

Under President Biden I don't think so, but the gop IMHO, is so blinded by a hatred of the Democrats and a lust for power with Trump in charge, that they may try to make it happen under President Biden and blame him for it.