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Chris Morris, Will Daniel

Trump says he doesn't "want to be Herbert Hoover" and says he hopes economy crashes in next 12 months

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Donald Trump says he believes the U.S. economy is going to “crash.” In fact, he wants it to do just that—as long as it happens soon. In a Monday interview on Lindell TV (an online program created, hosted, and funded by noted conspiracy theorist and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell), the former president said he didn’t want to be compared to Herbert Hoover, who took office at the start of the Great Depression in 1929, if he wins another term in the White House.

“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, CNN first reported.

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