A Democratic Party strategist has said the Trump administration could be in its final days as he argued that Elon Musk is damaging their popularity.
Political consultant James Carville has recently been rather confident in his predictions of Donald Trump’s White House team being about to crumble.
He is so confident, in fact, that he stated that the Democrats don’t need to do much more than ‘play possum’ and watch the situation unfold.
The 80-year-old author recently said the whole thing could come crumbling down in as little as 30 days.
Carville has now issued another prediction, this time involving billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk and highlighting an apparent negative impact he has had on the Trump camp.
James Carville took aim at Elon Musk in his latest prediction (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SCAD)
Speaking to Chris Cuomo on Monday, he said that Musk – who oversees the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – will ‘be the greatest generator, let me say this very specifically, the greatest generator of Democratic turnout ever, more than Barack Obama’.
He added: “Musk will turn out more Democrats than Obama could, and I understand the gravity of that statement, but if he keeps going, that’s what’s going to happen.”
When Cuomo asked for why this was, Carville explained he has recently seen data that suggests it is the case.
He continued: “I was privy to some data that in a very critical state, and the Musk stuff is like nothing I’ve ever seen in the history of polling. Like, nothing. And we’re a month into the game.”
Could President Trump’s administration be ready to crumble? (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
However, the strategist didn’t go into more detail about the data.
This echoes a similar sentiment he said when he spoke to Mediaite’s Dan Abrams about Trump’s falling approval and how it is beneficial to Democrats.
He said: “We’re in the midst of a collapse. This is the lowest approval—not even close—that any president has ever had at a comparable time.”
Carville continued to say Democrats simply need to ‘hold fire’ because in six weeks things will be ‘easy pickings’.
Elon Musk may be causing more harm for the Trump camp’s popularity, according to the strategist (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
As you can imagine, Trump hasn’t taken the questions surrounding his popularity very well.
Taking to his own social media platform, Truth Social, the president hit back saying he had the ‘best polling numbers’ he’s ever had before calling Carville a ‘loser’.
He continued: “The Democrats, run by broken down losers like James Carville, whose weak of mind and body, are going crazy, and just don’t know what to do,” Trump wrote. “They have lost their confidence and spirit – They have lost their minds!”
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Strategist makes bold prediction on when Donald Trump’s administration will ‘collapse’
James Carville has claimed the president’s administration will fall
A Democratic Party strategist has made a bold prediction that Donald Trump’s administration will ‘collapse’ pretty soon.
The infamous political consultant, James Carville, has made a bold suggestion that the president’s White House team will fall in a matter of weeks as a consequence of Trump’s recent actions.
The 80-year-old author said the downfall will come as Trump’s approval numbers continue to plummet – as the president fired thousands of government officials and signed off on several controversial executive orders within his first month in office.
Meanwhile, his ‘First Buddy’, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is tasked with cutting federal spending, which has sparked concern across the country.
The strategist has said it will take 30 days for the administration to collapse (SiriusXM/Mediaite/Twitter/@mikesington)
These moves could cause the US economy to spiral, and tempt Republicans to cross over while Democrats can sit back and watch it unfold, Carville claimed.
Speaking to Mediaite’s Dan Abrams, he said: “Democrats need to play possum. This whole thing is collapsing.”
He referred to a poll that suggested Trump’s approval ratings dropped from the low 50s to the upper 30s and went on to say it would take ‘less than 30 days’ for the administration to crumble.
In fact, he said public opinion has already started and the Trump administration is already in the ‘midst’ of falling.
Carville has been a political consultant for decades (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SCAD)
He added: “We’re in the midst of a collapse. This is the lowest approval—not even close—that any president has ever had at a comparable time.”
Carville went on to say Democrats should ‘hold your fire’ and that it’s going to be ‘easy pickings’ in six weeks.
“Just lay back,” he added. “It’s going to happen quickly.”
The strategist’s analysis comes as Trump recently criticized Carville for questioning Fox News’ facts when it came to the president’s popularity.
On Sean Hannity’s show, Carville had said: “I’m reading these polls saying the Democrats are 13 points up in the congressional generic, that Donald Trump has the lowest approval rating of any president at this point in his presidency in American history.
