Paul Krugman, the Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist and liberal New York Times columnist, suggested Monday that President-elect Donald Trump had sunk the American government.
In a series of tweets, Krugman expressed annoyance with journalists for what he saw as too-little, too-late outrage over Trump’s denial of a reported CIA assessment that Russian-sponsored hackers were attempting to influence the US election and his possible appointment of Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, as secretary of state.
“Question: are journos expressing shock or puzzlement over Trump/R[epublicans] response to CIA, Tillerson, etc. really that naive?” Krugman tweeted. – READ MORE
