Trump's 'humiliating defeat' a big win for one of his top enemies: Nobel economist (opens in new tab)

Paul Krugman. While Trump loathes green energy and is spending billions in taxpayer dollars to oppose it, in an ironic twist of fate, his misadventures in the Middle East have accelerated the transition from fossil fuels. As a result, Trump has become the world’s greatest “champion” of renewable energy — a technology he hates. As Krugman notes, Trump has been spending big to oppose renewable energy. “On Wednesday,” writes Krugman, “the Interior Department announced that it would pay the energ...