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'Republican rebellion' grows as 'sundowning' Trump spirals: Nobel economist

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On Wednesday, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist suggested that President Donald Trump’s “continuing downward spiral into sundowning” is prompting a growing “Republican rebellion.” This is according to Paul Krugman , who warns that as “Mad King Donald” loses support, he’s going to lash out and “punish the nation accordingly.” Krugman’s assertions follow Trump’s address to the General Assembly of the United Nations, where the president ranted about a “globalist scheme” against AI, declaring the technology is now “here and after officially called superintelligence,” and making other eyebrow-raising proclamations. According to Krugman, “Most reporting on Trump’s speech emphasized either his belligerence — his rejection of global cooperation — or the fact that almost everything he said was a lie. But isn’t the bigger story the fact that the leader of what used to be the world’s most powerful nation — I say ‘used to be’ because America’s power is collapsing before our eyes — has clearly