Trump Calls Nobel Winner ‘Deranged Bum’ For Panning Tariff Plan
It is not every day a Nobel Prize winner is called a “deranged BUM.” But that is just what President Donald Trump called Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and former New York Times columnist, after Krugman…
It is not every day a Nobel Prize winner is called a “deranged BUM.”
But that is just what President Donald Trump called Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and former New York Times columnist, after Krugman criticized his tariff plan, per Mediaite.
In an article posted Sunday on Substack, Krugman said, “Most of Donald Trump’s Tariffs are clearly illegal.”
“Trump has reversed 90 years of tariff reductions, achieved via reciprocal trade agreements — we’ll cut our Tariffs if you cut yours,” Krugman continued.
“… Trump’s trade war should be seen as part of a package of policies that amounts to class warfare — class warfare against middle and lower-income Americans in favor of the affluent, especially the top 10 percent of the income distribution,” he added.