(DCNF)—Democratic strategist James Carville said during a Thursday podcast that he has not figured out how to counter President Donald Trump’s hyperactive second term.
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said in 2018 that “the way to deal with [the media] is to flood the zone with shit.” Carville, on his “Politics War Room” podcast, said Bannon was correct to say that and implored his audience for “help” in determining how to effectively oppose Trump.
“Bannon is right. We are flooded in shit and we are searching for a way to deal with this. These are extraordinarily difficult times,” Carville said. “And he just keeps … moving with one stupid thing after another.”
The Democratic strategist then criticized Trump’s plans for the United States to “take over” the Gaza Strip, the Panama Canal and Greenland.
“The point is we have these conversations, we talk to people on the phone, we go to cocktail parties and dinners … When you sit back and see, when you take it one by one, it’s so much crazier than you can imagine that we’re having this discussion,” Carville added. “And one of the dangers that we have is we just become like — it just becomes elevator music or something.”
“And I don’t know how you accentuate. Do you oppose one thing? Do you oppose all five? Is it a personnel issue?” he asked. “Is it a policy issue? … I’m struggling here a little bit, so maybe some of our really smart viewers can help us untangle it a little bit. It’s really tangled now because no one knows where to land. It’s all too incomprehensible.”
Democratic lawmakers are angry at their own voters as their left-wing base demands more action to combat Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cost-cutting efforts, Axios reported. They argue that their status as the minority party in both chambers limits their ability to resist the Trump administration’s agenda.
Democratic lawmakers also appear divided on how they should oppose Trump’s agenda, with some advocating to resist everything while others appear willing to cross the aisle.
Carville also marveled at Trump’s ability to continue “chugging along” despite “things that we thought would kill a political career.” He particularly called out Trump’s 2022 dinner with rapper Ye and prominent anti-Semite Nick Fuentes.
MSNBC contributor Sam Stein made a similar point about Trump in December, but focused on the president’s legal battles.
“I think the real lesson from all this is that, you know, say what you will about Donald Trump, but he has one attribute that distinguishes him from anyone else in politics, which is an insatiable perseverance,” Stein said. “He will just grind through stuff that, more often than not, other politicians will succumb to. And he can figure it out, he will just claw his way back in and he will fight it. And then he’ll turn it into his advantage. And he did martyr himself by the trials.”
Trump has one other thing on his side. He is open with his agenda to benefit Americans. Everything Democrats say and do is a lie. Their focus is the consolidation and expansion of power. Nothing Carville said addresses the massive, heinous fraud and abuse we are learning about. Democrats don’t want to talk about it because they are the orchestrators and beneficiaries.
There is no fixing this for Democrats. Trump cut off the head of the snake. He shut off the money.
Trump’s, “Flurry of activity” is a little something he borrowed from Muhammad Ali. The Rope-A-Dope of politics.
36.5 Trillion in debt… Racking up $100,000 every 3 seconds now… and the liberals are still packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes, panties on head, foot on gas, champing at the bit to make a full moron run of the cliff. When you all wake up from your collective liberal dream world and see the sky is blue again try and help your lost friends. Or don’t…. Those of us who did not get into the kool aid, really don’t care anymore. We have moved on and will watch as Trump puts this nation back on its feet and helps other nations free themselves from the woke stupor they’ve been sold. Money will be spent wisely again and go to projects and people who wish to better themselves not to terrorists or to politicians skimming fortunes away. If you are not aware of the trillions in wasted spending then you need to step away from the punch bowl and find a clue. Washington is a bloated cesspool of corruption and nation ending waste.. You should applaud ANYONE who has the guts to take that massive cabal on…!
Why do you need to oppose it James? It’s what America voted for. Got something to hide?
That pesky thing called the Constitution of the United States just keeps getting in their way. You remember Carville, that piece of parchment that has outlived its usefulness!!
What he can do about it is conform to the normal. The majority have moved there. Quit trying to defeat deity.
Someone should tell Mr. Carville that President Trump has the people on his side and there isn’t a thing he can do about it. I think once DOGE starts releasing names in connection with the fraud that is being uncovered he will have a lot less to say and go into full panic mode as we have witnessed by his colleagues during the Conformation Hearings. As the old tune by Bachman-Turner Overdrive went, You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet.
Gollum knows his party has changed from what it was under Clintoon, yet, he hates conservativism so much he is willing to destroy the country over it.
Tales from the Crypt Carville needs to go back into his cave and leave good Americans alone