The Daily Populous Monday February 24th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by nypost.com and submitted by brave_plank

Renowned Democratic strategist James Carville has delivered a stunning prediction that the Trump administration is in the “midst of a collapse” and will crumble within four to six weeks.

Carville, 80, on Friday urged his fellow Democrats to play “possum,” clear out of the way and let Republicans implode as President Trump plows ahead with his dramatic overhaul of the federal government.

“What I have said very publicly is that Democrats need to play possum. This whole thing is collapsing,” Carville mused to Mediaite founder Dan Abrams.

The elderly Dem guru was the top strategist in Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, when Democrats soared back into the White House after 12 years of Republican rule.

3 Democratic Strategist James Carville argues that public support for the GOP is on the descent. AP

His wild prediction comes mere months after Trump became the first Republican to win the popular vote in a presidential election in two decades, making gains in more than 90% of US counties.

Carville, who confidently proclaimed in October he was “certain Kamala Harris will win” and wrote a book in 2009 about how Dems would be the dominant party over the next 40 years, decried progressive hardliners who have a knack for being noisy.

“These people were just useless,” he bemoaned about certain progressive activist groups during the last election cycle. “They’re actually worse than useless, they’re detrimental. And they never, ever learn to shut up.

“I believe that this administration, in less than 30 days is in the midst of a massive collapse and particularly a collapse in public opinion.”

3 President Trump had the strongest GOP electoral performance in November of any Republican in a presidential cycle going back two decades. REUTERS

Citing polling data, Carville argued that Trump’s approval rating has been taking a nosedive and that within a matter of weeks, Republicans will be almost completely hobbled in Congress.

That prediction comes against the backdrop of protests against GOP lawmakers such as Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) during town-hall and other events last week.

Historically, there had been similar occurrences in past off-election years such 2017 and 2010 that served as a harbinger of the minority retaking the House of Representatives in the midterm elections.

Trump, 78, has undertaken a blitz of executive actions over his first month in office and tapped Department of Government Efficiency boss Elon Musk to pursue cuts and other reforms of the federal bureaucracy.

3 GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson has been struggling to coalesce his threadbare majority behind an agenda package. Getty Images

Those actions have alienated government workers and their unions but have generally been met with much fanfare by conservatives.

Carville also suggested that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will struggle to get Republicans on board for Trump’s marquee agenda package, which has already proven to be very challenging given the party’s threadbare majority in the House.

“It’s going to be easy pickings here in six weeks,” Carville added, addressing Democrats. “Just lay back.

“We’re in the middle of a collapse. It’s over.”

Democratic leadership in Congress has been attempting to train their focus on working-class issues. But that cautious approach has drawn groans from progressives who feel that leadership has been going soft on Trump as he barrels ahead with a more ambitious agenda than his first term.

Adding to the woes, progressives have been struggling to mobilize the mass protests they drew eight years ago during the Trump administration, fueling concerns that the base is in a place of despair.

Mike_Huncho on February 23rd, 2025 at 23:19 UTC »

...Carville also said that there's no way Harris loses...

Kageru on February 23rd, 2025 at 22:57 UTC »

The GOP was a disposable booster rocket / Trojan horse which is why they are willing to burn their own supporters. If they can concentrate power entirely in the hands of the executive quickly enough it may not matter.

EnvironmentalEye4537 on February 23rd, 2025 at 22:50 UTC »

One can hope.