A candid take from the former president on the economic outlook drew ire from the usual suspects over “when” not “if” a crash would happen.
“I just don’t want to be Herbert Hoover.”
Roughly three-quarters of the way through President Joe Biden’s elected term and the economic struggles of everyday Americans has remained a constant feature. Between record high inflation and crippling energy costs, the latest interview of former President Donald Trump left the GOP figure hoping responsibility for a seemingly inevitable crash could rest solely upon the incumbent’s shoulders.
The remarks came during the premiere of former Fox Business host Lou Dobb’s new Lindell TV program, “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” when he asked the one-time commander-in-chief about what measures he would take to right the economic ship.
“We have an economy that is incredible. 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 — what the Trump administration did. It’s just running off the fumes,” expressed Trump.
“And when there’s a crash,” he continued speaking to his own efforts to return to the White House, “I hope it’s gonna be during these next 12 months because I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover. The one president — I just don’t want to be Herbert Hoover.”
Among those seeking to benefit from the candor was the resident of the White House’s social media spin team that posted a snippet of the interview without context.
Trump says he hopes the economy crashes so he can blame President Biden: I hope it crashes during these next 12 months pic.twitter.com/xn6NjNoMbA
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) January 9, 2024
Leading up to the remarks that spoke to how The Great Depression became the central focus for Hoover’s administration before he was succeeded by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Trump had told Dobbs, “So what we will be doing is we will be drilling, we will be reducing energy [costs], that will bring down inflation, that will bring down interest rates.”
In particular, the former president had referenced the Keystone XL Pipeline that had been scratched at the beginning of the Biden administration along with the other ways domestic energy production had been stifled through canceled permits and lacking licensure.
The Biden administration was far from alone in targeting Trump over the comments as Rolling Stone magazine donned rose-colored glasses while touting unemployment figures.
“Last month, Trump warned that if he was not elected president in 2024, the U.S would see its economy plunge into a ‘1929’-era depression,” they wrote. “His words arrived as the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high, and data released by the Labor Department in early December reported that under the Biden administration, the U.S. economy added 199,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent.”
What remained overlooked by corporate media and social media surrogates damning the former president to prop up the incumbent, was that Biden has continued to suffer in the polls with his handling of the economy being a leading concern among voters, no matter how figures were massaged.
“The Biden administration keeps touting their infrastructure investments and a host of positive economic indicators,” Monmouth University Polling Institute director Patrick Murray had told the Daily Mail. “Those data points may be factual, but most Americans are still smarting from higher prices caused by post-pandemic inflation. This seems to be what’s driving public opinion.”
That reality had left Biden reportedly chewing out his closest aides, the Washington Post had detailed. “His poll numbers were unacceptably low and he wanted to know what his team and his campaign were doing about it. He complained that his economic message had done little to move the ball, even as the economy was growing and unemployment was falling, according to people familiar with his comments, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private conversation.”
Biden fumes about his unpopularity, reportedly chewed out aides about poll numbers https://t.co/AhMt8pDSnR via @BIZPACReview
— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) December 19, 2023
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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