'Protection money': Nobel Prize winner says Trump's new moves are 'enriching his clique'

Donald Trump has been accused of "enriching his clique" by a Nobel Prize winner who says recent administration actions are attempts at "glorifying" the president.

Paul Krugman suggested Trump is using Venezuela and Greenland as a chance to bolster not the country, but himself and his inner circle. Writing in his Substack, the award-winning economist claimed, "Add in the cost of munitions expended during the Maduro abduction, and the whole adventure has surely cost more than a billion dollars."

"Moreover...