Paul Krugman tears into 'deadbeat' Trump ally with 'pathological inability' to be honest [View all]

Source: Raw Story

August 11, 2025 4:07PM ET


New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman attacked President Donald Trump after twisting data to make himself look better.

In a Monday column for his Substack, Krugman looked at some of the charts that his ally Stephen Moore brought to the Oval Office to verify some of his claims about the economy.

"What’s wrong with this picture?" he asks. "First, look at the chart. The second line claims that it shows 'medium income; — a term unknown to economics. Clearly, it was supposed to say median income. OK, speling misteaks hapen (sic). But not, usually, in charts prepared for a presentation by the President of the United States."

The numbers presented by Moore are wrong, he said, citing Jared Bernstein, who examined the charges and the data. The larger problem for Krugman, however, is that Trump was standing there with Moore, "who may be the last person on the planet you’d trust to tell you the economic truth."

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