The Apotheosis of Willful Ignorance

Paul Krugman: “The so-called experts ridiculed Donald Trump’s claims during the 2024 campaign that he would bring grocery prices down on Day One and cut energy prices in half.”

“The so-called experts said that Trump’s tariffs would raise consumer prices while failing to bring back manufacturing jobs.”

“The so-called experts said that Trump appointee Pete Hegseth’s emphasis on ‘warrior ethos’ rather than competence and his purge of officers he doesn’t consider sufficiently loyal to Trump would degrade the U.S. military and be disastrous in a war.”

“The so-called experts warned that Trump’s attack on Iran would lead us into a quagmire and cause a global energy crisis.”

“The so-called experts said that Trump’s contempt for international agreements and his threats to friendly nations would undermine the world’s trust in America, and that we would find ourselves without allies when we needed their help.”

“The so-called experts were completely right.”