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Zorro

(17,828 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:44 AM Aug 11

Trump Rages at Nobel-Winning 'Deranged Bum' in Late-Night Meltdown

The president went after economist Paul Krugman in an irate Truth Social post.

Donald Trump has lashed out at Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman in a late-night rant after he weighed in on the president’s tariffs and the drama surrounding his jobs report.

In a typically irate post on Truth Social, Trump attacked the former New York Times columnist, who was awarded the Nobel in economics in 2008, as a “Deranged BUM” while urging people to adopt his own trigger-happy approach to lawsuits.

“Paul Krugman of the New York Times has been predicting Doom and Gloom ever since my great election success in 2016. In other words, he has been wrong for YEARS, as ALL markets have been hitting new HIGHS, and are now higher than ever before,” Trump posted just before midnight ET on Sunday. “People stayed out of the ‘BEST MARKET IN HISTOY’ [sic] because of this Trump Deranged BUM. Sue them!”

In response, Krugman told the Daily Beast he is “flattered” by the attention from Trump. “He must think people are listening,” Krugman added. “I might add ‘Deranged BUM’ to my profile.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-rages-at-deranged-bum-nobel-laureate-paul-krugman-in-late-night-meltdown/
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Trump Rages at Nobel-Winning 'Deranged Bum' in Late-Night Meltdown (Original Post) Zorro Aug 11 OP
There is no way he is getting one, this effort is funny, keep it up you pathetic swine. Brainfodder Aug 11 #1
Loved Krugman's response Jilly_in_VA Aug 11 #2
Yeah, ok, Donny. *eyeroll* tanyev Aug 11 #3
He may still be awarded the "Nobel Piss Prize" Another Jackalope Aug 11 #7
My gawd I almost typed the same thing. yorkster Aug 11 #8
TSF is pissed-off Seinan Sensei Aug 11 #11
You could have if you are a Russian hooker. rubbersole Aug 11 #16
Unfortunately, we'll have to wait for his sealed grave. Justice matters. Aug 12 #34
Or his Presidential Library. cstanleytech Aug 12 #35
With a golden replica of the Manneken-Pis statue from the fountain in Brussels! tanyev Aug 11 #21
An alternative RecoveringJournalist Aug 11 #28
Krugman added. "I might add 'Deranged BUM' to my profile." milestogo Aug 11 #4
He should add "Deranged BUM...with a NOBEL PRIZE" Zorro Aug 11 #6
Yes, that was a DU'zy! ms liberty Aug 11 #23
Says the deranged, demented, decrepit Donald Trump dalton99a Aug 11 #5
If a Nobel Prize winner is a 'deranged bum' EYESORE 9001 Aug 11 #9
And will never get it. Justice matters. Aug 12 #36
I always thought the 'hungry ghosts' from Buddhist teachings EYESORE 9001 Aug 12 #37
Does he know people laugh a him? young_at_heart Aug 11 #10
One branch. speak easy Aug 11 #31
Who read it to Trump? Because he - sure as shit - didn't find it on his own. NM Grins Aug 11 #12
Yeesh JustAnotherGen Aug 11 #13
I guess I could be called a Deranged Bumhead. ananda Aug 11 #14
This makes me look forward to when NPP is awarded IzzaNuDay Aug 11 #15
There's a cartoon (from the New Yorker IIRC) rubbersole Aug 11 #17
Oh, THANK YOU !!! Haggis 4 Breakfast Aug 11 #29
Good, the nuttier he gets after sundown, the better Warpy Aug 11 #18
Sundowning. erronis Aug 11 #22
Or as karoline Leavitt would ssy LW1977 Aug 11 #19
I couldn't believe my ears when she said that. LuckyLib Aug 11 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author LuckyLib Aug 11 #33
Says the deranged projecting bum. Dave Bowman Aug 11 #20
I am a HUGE Krugman fan, have been for over 20 years now. LymphocyteLover Aug 11 #24
describing himself barbtries Aug 11 #25
Great response by Krugman! SupportSanity Aug 11 #26
ah shuddddup AllaN01Bear Aug 11 #27
Dr. Paul Krugman has been right about damn near everything. Haggis 4 Breakfast Aug 11 #30
LOL... Yeah, who's the DERANGED ONE? Cha Aug 12 #38
I don't think he'll get a Nobel. But he'll probably create another award "so great and so much better." C Moon Aug 12 #39
Note the gold trophy "Tim Apple" gave him Easterncedar Aug 12 #40

Brainfodder

(7,670 posts)
1. There is no way he is getting one, this effort is funny, keep it up you pathetic swine.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:52 AM
Aug 11

Swine might be too nice, sorry.

Another Jackalope

(121 posts)
7. He may still be awarded the "Nobel Piss Prize"
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:21 AM
Aug 11

For pissing all over the country, like no "president" has ever pissed before!

yorkster

(3,366 posts)
8. My gawd I almost typed the same thing.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:29 AM
Aug 11

Was going to say that with Russian accent pronunciation would be "piss prize".

Good description on your part of what he has done to the U.S. and elsewhere.

Justice matters.

(8,801 posts)
34. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait for his sealed grave.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 12:29 AM
Aug 12

Although it could revive the tourism sector...

cstanleytech

(27,896 posts)
35. Or his Presidential Library.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 12:32 AM
Aug 12

I imagine the bathroom stalls will be the most popular thing there.

EYESORE 9001

(28,885 posts)
37. I always thought the 'hungry ghosts' from Buddhist teachings
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 12:40 AM
Aug 12

were strictly spiritual entities - not a sniveling bag of guts which can never be satisfied. This unmet desire is obviously causing a great deal of suffering within aforementioned bag’o guts.

young_at_heart

(3,966 posts)
10. Does he know people laugh a him?
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:03 AM
Aug 11

I believe there are only a handful of low-information voters who actually believe that his 2016 election was a great success. I remember one of his voters was asked a simple question that he could not answer....."How many branches of government do we have"? He didn't know what a "branch" of government meant!

JustAnotherGen

(36,759 posts)
13. Yeesh
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:21 AM
Aug 11

He'll do anything to get people to stop talking about the fact that he's a 34 times convicted felon, a rapist of a 13 year old girl, and he is in the Epstein Files.

IzzaNuDay

(1,073 posts)
15. This makes me look forward to when NPP is awarded
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:37 AM
Aug 11

It better be to someone else. I want to see Cheeto writhe and scream like something dropped into hot boiling grease!

rubbersole

(10,352 posts)
17. There's a cartoon (from the New Yorker IIRC)
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:47 AM
Aug 11

that has the Nobel Committee sitting around a conference table and the guy addressing them says "Just for fun, let's give it to Obama again."

Warpy

(113,865 posts)
18. Good, the nuttier he gets after sundown, the better
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:47 AM
Aug 11

because those evening dinners and other White House functions are going to require more and more drugs to level out his mood and prevent violence and all those drugs have side effects. In addition, a lot of the newer drugs are by infusion, only, so expect to see his little hands swollen and/or bruised.

Evenutally the drugs will stop working, they always do. His impairment is already obvious to those of us who have been in the medical biz. Civilians are only now really starting to spot it.

erronis

(21,144 posts)
22. Sundowning.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 01:33 PM
Aug 11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundowning

Sundowning, or sundown syndrome, prevalent among people with some form of dementia, is characterized by increased confusion and restlessness beginning in the late afternoon and early evening.[1] The term sundowning was coined by nurse Lois K. Evans in 1987 due to the association between the person's increased confusion and the setting of the sun.[2][3]

For people with sundown syndrome, a multitude of behavioral problems begin to occur and are associated with long-term adverse outcomes.[4][5][6][7] Sundowning seems to occur more frequently during the middle stages of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia and seems to subside with the progression of the person's dementia.[4][5] People are generally able to understand that this behavioral pattern is abnormal. Research shows that 20–45% of people with Alzheimer's will experience some variation of sundowning confusion.[4][8] However, despite lack of an official diagnosis of sundown syndrome in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), there is currently a wide range of reported prevalence.[2]

Response to LW1977 (Reply #19)

LymphocyteLover

(8,633 posts)
24. I am a HUGE Krugman fan, have been for over 20 years now.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 02:16 PM
Aug 11

The president of course is an insane piece of orange shit.

barbtries

(30,693 posts)
25. describing himself
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 03:16 PM
Aug 11

because it's a thorn in his side that nobody has or ever will award him the Nobel Peace Prize.

krasnov letting loose with a pack of lies will not get it done.

Haggis 4 Breakfast

(1,489 posts)
30. Dr. Paul Krugman has been right about damn near everything.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:15 PM
Aug 11

When he gives an interview or posts an op-ed, I make sure to read it and save it.

Cha

(313,889 posts)
38. LOL... Yeah, who's the DERANGED ONE?
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 01:54 AM
Aug 12

Check yourself, MF Treasonous Orange Cracked head.

C Moon

(13,125 posts)
39. I don't think he'll get a Nobel. But he'll probably create another award "so great and so much better."
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 05:05 AM
Aug 12

Easterncedar

(4,848 posts)
40. Note the gold trophy "Tim Apple" gave him
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:07 AM
Aug 12

Like laying tribute at the feet of a Byzantine emperor. Grotesque.

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