Ex-Treasury head sounds alarm on overlooked lasting Trump threat: 'Never imagined'

Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin warned that President Donald Trump’s efforts to interfere with the midterm elections could do lasting damage to the U.S. economy – and claimed Wall Street doesn't seem to be paying attention.“In more than six decades spent in and around economic policymaking, I never imagined having to write a piece such as this,” Rubin wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday.Rubin, who served as Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, argued that many Americans underestimate the threat posed by Trump’s “clearly expressed desire to interfere with and even usurp the midterm elections.”He said the administration has already “thrown up obstacles” to a fair vote, such as his amplified false fraud claims, weakened defenses against foreign meddling, and pressure on states to purge voter rolls using an error-prone database. Rubin also cited fears that Trump and his allies could send armed federal agents to polling...