Overview
- In a Politicon video, Democratic strategist James Carville forecast that President Donald Trump would “walk away” from office by this time next year if Democrats control both chambers of Congress.
- He tied the forecast to what he called a dire fiscal picture, a loss of influence under opposition control, and the Iran war he described as “a catastrophe of the first order.”
- Carville urged Democratic candidates to back a commission into wartime profiteering and proposed taxing corporations he says unjustly benefited from the conflict.
- The White House rejected his comments, calling Carville “a stone-cold loser” and alleging he suffers from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
- Coverage cited polling that shows Democrats leading on the generic congressional ballot, alongside reports of U.S. casualties and rising gasoline prices during the Iran conflict.