Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Showing Original Post only (View all)

Miles Archer

(24,697 posts)
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:26 PM Sunday

NO. Trump's mental health HAS NOT "GONE" over the edge. How stable was he when he raped E Jean Carroll 30 years ago? [View all]

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676978205/

Nobel laureate issues startling warning as Trump's mental decline 'goes over the edge'
Robert Davis
May 31, 2026 4:25PM ET

A Nobel Prize-winning economist issues a startling warning about what it will take for the U.S. to move on from Trumpism and the Make America Great Again movement in a new Substack video on Sunday.

Paul Krugman, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008 for his work on trade theory, said in the video that America's inability to address growing wealth inequality and the underlying conditions that brought President Donald Trump to power could wreak havoc on the nation if they are not addressed after Trump is out of office. His comments came at a time when several political analysts and observers have noted that Trump appears to be suffering from a significant mental decline, one that makes him more dangerous than previous presidents who aged in the White House.

"It’s not really a surprise to find out that he has lost his mind, what was left of it," Krugman said. "And yet, he is in power. People who did a lot to put him in power did so, knowing this — the billionaires who contributed vast sums of money to his campaign, the Supreme Court which gave him immunity back in 2024 — they all knew who they were doing this for."

"They understood what they were doing," he added. "Now, maybe, even they are getting a bit of cold feet as he goes over the edge and as we’re starting to see in Iran and elsewhere what happens when you have a lunatic running the United States, a lunatic who has far more power than a previous president because all of the normal institutional safeguards have been short-circuited or dismantled."
5 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»NO. Trump's mental health...