Dow Surges 150 Points as Trump Savages ‘Stupid’ Paul Krugman

By CCN: The Dow surged by triple digits on Tuesday after Donald Trump slammed “stupid” Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman, who continues to warn that the U.S. economy is on the brink of recession even as the stock market bounds toward record highs. Dow Rallies Toward Record High By 2:11 pm ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had raced to a 142.34 point or 0.54 percent increase, launching the index to 26,653.39. In just five months, the DJIA has surged by a breathtaking 22 percent.