President Donald Trump is targeting Paul Krugman and the New York Times this morning, saying the paper “has lost all credibility” and that Krugman is “obsessed with hatred”:
Paul Krugman, of the Fake News New York Times, has lost all credibility, as has the Times itself, with his false and highly inaccurate writings on me. He is obsessed with hatred, just as others are obsessed with how stupid he is. He said Market would crash, Only Record Highs!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
And we’ll hear more about this tweet where the president called the NYT, “truly the Enemy of the People”:
I wonder if the New York Times will apologize to me a second time, as they did after the 2016 Election. But this one will have to be a far bigger & better apology. On this one they will have to get down on their knees & beg for forgiveness-they are truly the Enemy of the People!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
And this is a visual we didn’t need this morning, but it’s funny:
ON YOUR KNEES, PAUL KRUGMAN! https://t.co/5QCsbDsdfP
— Will (@Oil_Guns_Merica) April 23, 2019
Trump continued:
I will be going to Green Bay, Wisconsin, for a really big Rally on Saturday Evening. Big crowd expected, much to talk about. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
The Radical Left Democrats, together with their leaders in the Fake News Media, have gone totally insane! I guess that means that the Republican agenda is working. Stay tuned for more!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
President Clinton was impeached during this good economy, so maybe be careful what you wish for?
In the “old days” if you were President and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism. Remember, “It’s the economy stupid.” Today I have, as President, perhaps the greatest economy in history…and to the Mainstream Media, it means NOTHING. But it will!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2019
Some Clinton-era fact-checking:
When President Clinton was impeached in 1998, GDP growth was about 4.5%. GDP growth in 2018 was about 2.9%. https://t.co/dUVMvoq2xj
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) April 23, 2019
Just ask Bill Clinton how immune he was from criticism with a good economy. https://t.co/HLKh6nkD3I
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) April 23, 2019
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