Former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman took aim at Donald Trump in a savage takedown after the president insulted the Nobel Prize-winning economist.

Krugman, who was awarded the Nobel in economics in 2008, responded on his Substack after Trump branded him a “Deranged BUM” on Truth Social over the weekend. The attack followed Krugman’s criticism of Trump’s tariffs and his handling of a weaker-than-expected jobs report.

In a post on Tuesday titled “Trump Plays the Carnage Card,” Krugman described the insult as “a great honor” and joked, “I have now added ‘Deranged BUM’ to my Substack profile.”

Krugman then turned to Trump’s “takeover” of Washington, D.C, “where he has seized control of the city’s police force and sent in the National Guard.”

Trump ordered an “increased presence” of

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