Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says global partners are edging away from the United States amid Donald Trump’s threats, pointing to the new India-European Union trade deal as a sign Americans could end up poorer.

In a strongly worded article published on May 26, Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman warns that the political campaign targeting Harvard and other elite universities is more than an assault on academic freedom — it is a direct threat to the economic backbone of the United States.