Posted on 01/06/2017 5:59:33 PM PST by blam
Bob Bryan
January 6, 2017
Paul Krugman is at a loss about the future of the Trump presidency, but he's not hopeful.
The Nobel-winning economist and New York Times columnist is concerned about possible connections between the president-elect and Russia.
"We are, I'd argue, in much deeper and more treacherous waters than even the pessimists are saying," Krugman tweeted Friday.
The election of Trump is tainted, Krugman said, because of the FBI's announcement weeks before Election Day regarding its reopened investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server, and because of the Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chair John Podesta.
"A clever, self-controlled Trump would be careful now to preserve appearances and wait for revenge; but instead he's confirming his status as Putin's poodle/stooge with every tweet," Krugman tweeted. "Pretty soon everyone will think of him as a Manchurian candidate, even those pretending not to."
In Krugman's assessment, once the idea takes hold that Trump's election was tainted, there are few options for how it could play out in a positive way.
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Exactly on point where was Obama’s protection of America if he knew the Russians were doing this. Where was the CIA why weren’t they defending us if they knew the Russians were doing this? It just reeks of hypocrisy.
You found the silver lining for me. :-)
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