Small business owners, long considered the core of President Donald Trump’s political base, are now increasingly feeling the brunt of his policies during his second term in office, according to economist Paul Krugman.2025 Was A ‘Miserable Year’ For Small BusinessesIn his newsletter on Monday, Krugman stated that the small business community, which had celebrated Trump’s return to the White House, had a “miserable” year in 2025, and warned that “2026 will be worse.”The Nobel Prize-winning economist cited res ...