It’s normal to feel that people you disagree with politically are offering bad solutions to our problems. But Trump has brought something new: his policy agenda is almost entirely directed at problems we don’t have — problems that exist only in his warped imagination 1/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 10, 2018

Journalists obviously have a hard time coping with all of this. They’re afraid to say that the president is completely out of touch with reality — that sounds “unbalanced.” So, all too often, they pretend that he’s talking about something real 3/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 10, 2018

There’s a test taking place as you read this: Trump defenders are out there claiming that Justin Trudeau, not Trump, blew up the summit. This is pure gaslighting; how many reporters will pretend to take it seriously? 5/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 10, 2018

I’d like to think that Krugman is knowingly subtweeting his own paper at this point.