Former New York Times economics columnist Paul Krugman — a man whose economic predictions have the accuracy of a blindfolded dart throw — has decided his next big idea is calling for the "purging" of MAGA supporters from American life. He compared the process to the denazification of post-World War II Germany. On video. Proudly.
Thanks for saying the quiet part out loud, Paul. We appreciate the honesty.
In a YouTube video posted on May 31, 2026, Krugman said he was "not going over the top by using a word that's very similar to the 'de-Nazification.'" Let that sink in. A multimillionaire Ivy League columnist just compared roughly 75 million American voters to Nazis and proposed their political extermination from public life — and somehow thinks he's the reasonable one in the conversation.
He doubled down on his Substack the very next day, June 1, writing that "it's not just the MAGA ideology but the whole structure of hugely unequal power" that needs to be dismantled. Unequal power. This from a guy whose net worth dwarfs the average American salary of $66,500, according to SoFi. The lack of self-awareness is almost impressive.
As NewsBusters' MRC Business Associate Editor Joseph Vazquez pointed out, "worthy of note is that denazification involved prosecuting 'war criminals.'" So we're clear on what Krugman is really suggesting here. He's not talking about a polite disagreement over marginal tax rates. He's floating the idea that supporting President Donald Trump is a crime that needs to be rooted out of society.
This is the same Paul Krugman who predicted the internet would have no greater economic impact than the fax machine. The same guy who's been catastrophically wrong about inflation, recessions, and market crashes for two decades running. But sure — let's hand him the authority to decide which Americans get to participate in democracy.
Krugman also couldn't resist a June 1 post claiming "the Trump administration's attack on immigrants isn't about rule of law, crime or jobs. It's racism and sadism all the way down." Racism and sadism. He actually invoked the Marquis de Sade in his analysis of immigration enforcement. Because nothing says "serious intellectual" like comparing border security to an 18th-century French degenerate.
Here's what's really happening. The mask is off. The liberal elite doesn't just disagree with us — they think we're subhuman. They think supporting lower taxes, secure borders, and constitutional governance makes you the moral equivalent of a Nazi. And they're not whispering it at cocktail parties anymore. They're posting it on YouTube for the world to see.
The media, naturally, is treating this with all the urgency of a weather report from last Tuesday. No primetime outrage. No demands for apology. No advertisers pulling out. When a conservative sneezes wrong it's a national crisis, but when a Nobel Prize winner calls for purging half the electorate? Crickets.
We should actually thank Paul Krugman. Every time one of these geniuses tells you who they really are, believe them. He just handed us the most effective campaign ad of the 2026 midterm cycle — and he didn't even charge us for it.