React - Module not found, For packages inside the installed packages, when requirting express

Hello I tried to install the express package in a react project But when I import the package inside the app.js using:

const app = require("express");

I get 30 errors all saying

Module not found Error: Can't resolve 'x'

where x are differnt packages like zlib, querystring, path, crypto, fs, stream ....

This is the app.js code when I run it without the require line it works fine

import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
const app = require("express");

function App() {
  return (
    <div className="App">
      <header className="App-header">
        <img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
        <p>
          Edit <code>src/App.js</code> and save to reload.
        </p>
        <a
          className="App-link"
          href="https://reactjs.org"
          target="_blank"
          rel="noopener noreferrer"
        >
          Learn React
        </a>
      </header>
    </div>
  );
}

export default App;

And inside my package.json file in my dependencies I do have: "express": "^4.17.3"

I even tried to create a new blank project for this and I had the same problem