Thank you. I came here to say the same thing. He isn’t saying “I want the economy to crash” he’s saying “the economy is going to crash and I hope it happens before I become President again because it would be nice if Biden looked bad instead of me”.

He’s an asshole and a grifter. If truly believes that an economic crash is inevitable, though, I can fully understand why he would hope that it will crash during the current term rather than the next term.