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Joe Biden: “He wants to see the stock market crash. You know why? He doesn't want to be the next Herbert Hoover. As I told him, he's…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
He wants to see the stock market crash. You know why? He doesn't want to be the next Herbert Hoover. As I told him, he's already Hoover. He's the only president to be president for four years and lose jobs, not gaining jobs. He doesn't know what he's talking about.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden criticizes Trump for wishing for a stock market crash to avoid being compared to Herbert Hoover, emphasizing Trump's failure to create jobs.

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