‘Utter Disgrace’: Trump Slammed After Admitting He Hopes Economy Crashes This Year.  Ed Mazza- The Huffington Post.

Dear Commons Community,

I have tried to avoid the vile, disgraceful comments of Trump during this presidential campaign season mainly because he says things simply to garner attention.  However, yesterday he is quoted as saying that he hoped that the US economy would crash in 2024 with absolutely no concern for the millions of Americans who would be adversely affected.

Trump claimed that the economy is “fragile” and running on “fumes” as he warned of a crash even though stocks are surging, unemployment is near historic lows and the nation appears to have avoided a predicted recession.

“And when there’s a crash, I hope it’s gonna be during this next 12 months, because I don’t wanna be Herbert Hoover,” Trump told Lindell TV host Lou Dobbs. “The one president, I just don’t want to be, Herbert Hoover.”

Hoover was president during the 1929 stock market crash, which plunged the nation into the Great Depression.

Speaking on MSNBC, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Trump may need “an intervention” from his family.

“It’s just another manifestation of the insensitivity and the grotesqueness of this person,” she told Jen Psaki as she slammed the effect an economic crash would have on people.

Also on MSNBC, former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele called Trump’s hope “the dumbest thing in the world to say.”

“Think about it: The man says ‘I want to be a dictator’ and ‘I want the stock market to crash.’ OK, so you’re 0-for-2 in my book, Skippy,” he said, adding that Trump’s hope means the former president wants people to lose their life savings.

“Why? Because it benefits him,” Steele said.

Wake up Republicans!

Tony

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