Paul Krugman warns Trump just tipped off what he’ll do if Dems take the House

Initially responding to a tweet from President Donald Trump accusing early voters of “voting fraud,” before adding “Cheat at your own peril,” New York Times columnist Paul Krugman predicted how Trump will react if the GOP loses big in the midterms.
In a short tweet storm, the Nobel Prize-winning economist warned that — along with Trump already beating the drum over what he will inevitably call election fraud — the president will also commit illegal acts to remain in power if the Democrats take the House.
In the first tweet, Krugman wrote, “If Democrats don’t at least take the House, God help us. But even if they do, we’ll be facing a nightmarish political scene. Republicans will claim that the election was stolen, and deny the majority’s legitimacy.”
He then noted that Trump appointee, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, is refusing to turn over documents to Congress with Trump’s blessing, adding Wilkie’s defiance is a preview of what is to come.
“Democrats will gain subpoena power — but expect the Trump administration to simply defy requests for information, the way they already are on issues like the Mar a Lago crowd’s influence on the Veterans Administration,” he tweeted, “They’ll also probably abuse executive power in many other ways. And they’ll use claims of voter fraud to justify their disregard of the law and Constitution. If you don’t think this is going to happen, you haven’t been paying attention.”
He then warned, “In the very near future, many government officials will probably face hard decisions about whether to defy illegal orders from their political superiors. And remember, this is the good scenario.”

President Donald Trump is touting high job

President Donald Trump is touting high job numbers as the reason his Republican Party should win the midterms as a new poll shows him with a record high approval rating - and Democrats winning in November.
'Best Jobs Numbers in the history of our great Country! Many other things likewise. So why wouldn't we win the Midterms? Dems can never do even nearly as well! Think of what will happen to your now beautiful 401-k's!,' Trump tweeted on Sunday.
The unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September, the lowest since December 1969.
Trump and Republicans have made the strong economy a central reason to keep their party in power next year.
And a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Trump with his highest job rating yet as president but it also has Democrats holding a 9-point lead in November's election.
Trump's job approval among registered voters came in at 47 percent with 49 percent disapproving.
That's his highest rating as president in the NBC/WSJ poll, the network noted.
Women, Latinos, and young voters are fueling the Democrats lead over Republicans, even as the GOP receives high ratings for their work on the economy.
In the poll, 50 percent of likely voters prefer Democratic control of Congress versus 41 percent who want Republicans to stay in power.
But Republicans have a 15-point advantage on the question of which party better deals with the economy — their biggest lead on this question in the poll's history, NBC noted.
Republicans also hold a 17-point advantage on trade, a 3-point advantage on handling the Supreme Court nomination process and a 1-point advantage on changing how Washington works.
Democrats have a 29-point advantage on looking out for women's interests, an 18-point advantage on health care, an 8-point advantage on looking out for the middle class and a four-point advantage on immigration.
Asked which one or two issues would be the most important factor in deciding their vote, 38 percent said the economy and jobs; 31 percent said health care, 23 percent said changing how things work; and 22 percent each said looking out for the middle class and immigration.
'It's a barnburner,' Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted the survey with Democratic pollster Fred Yang and Hart Research Associates, told NBC News