Politics

Donald Trump on rooting for housing crisis: ‘That’s called business’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton gesture during the presidential debate at Hofstra University. Mary Altaffer / AP

By Meagan McGinnes

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After Hillary Clinton brought up Donald Trump’s previous statements about hoping for the housing market crash during Monday night’s presidential debate, the Republican candidate responded it was just “business.”

“In fact, Donald was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis,” Clinton said when discussing the recovery from the Great Recession. “He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse because then I can go in and buy some and make some money. Well it did collapse.”

“That’s called business, by the way,” Trump interjected.

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