What does $\Bbb E[X|Y]\Bbb E[Y]$ simplify to?

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My Goal

I am trying to figure out what $\Bbb E[X|Y]\Bbb E[Y]$ simplifies to.

My Work So Far

I have the following train of thought

$$\Bbb E[X|Y] = \sum_i x_i \Bbb P(X=x_i|Y=y_j)$$ $$\Bbb E[Y] = \sum_j y_j \Bbb P(Y=y_j)$$

Taking these and multiplying

\begin{align} \Bbb E[X|Y] \Bbb E[Y] & = \left(\sum_i x_i \Bbb P(X=x_i|Y=y_j)\right)\left( \sum_j y_j \Bbb P(Y=y_j)\right)\\ &= \sum_j \sum_i x_i y_j \Bbb P(X=x_i|Y=y_j)\Bbb P(Y=y_j)\\ &= \sum_j \sum_i x_i y_j \Bbb P(X=x_i) \\ &= \sum_j y_j \Bbb E[X] \end{align}

But this isn't very elegant, so I feel like this can't be right.

My Question

Am I on the right track? If so, what are the steps I am missing? If not, why and how should I approach this?

Edit:

I think I may have made a simple mistake.

I think it should probably be

\begin{align} \Bbb E[X|Y] \Bbb E[Y] & = \left(\sum_i x_i \Bbb P(X=x_i|Y=y_j)\right)\left( \sum_j y_j \Bbb P(Y=y_j)\right)\\ &= \sum_j \sum_i x_i y_j \Bbb P(X=x_i|Y=y_j)\Bbb P(Y=y_j)\\ &= \sum_i x_i \Bbb P(X=x_i) \\ &= \Bbb E[X] \end{align}