Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville told Mediaite’s Dan Abrams that the Trump administration would “collapse” within 30 days and advised Democrats to sit back and let it happen.

Speaking with Abrams — the founder of Mediaite — on his show Friday, Carville said that after four weeks in office, President Donald Trump had seen his stock with the public drop dramatically and that it would only get worse. The architect of Bill Clinton’s 1992 election win has said for weeks that Democrats should stop making themselves targets for mockery by protesting Trump’s every move. He said following that advice would serve them especially well in the coming four to six weeks.

Abrams noted many Democrats had drawn negative attention to themselves in recent weeks by opposing Trump’s every move – and especially his cabinet nominees.

“So you got a lot of Democrats who have been sort of yelling and screaming about a lot of these nominations, and in some cases, I think rightly so,” Abrams said. “And in other cases, I think it’s a little bit been a bit overwrought. But, you know, it seems that the angrier Democrats get, the more it feeds into exactly what Donald Trump and Elon Musk and some of these other folks want – meaning Fox News plays sound bites of Democrats heads exploding as sort of sport.”

Abrams asked Carville if he had any advice for Democrats. Carville replied:

What I have said very publicly is that Democrats need to play possum. This whole thing is collapsing. It doesn’t need Elizabeth Warren and somebody screaming to pacify some progressive advocacy groups in Washington, which, by the way, I wish these people were just useless. They’re actually worse than useless, that they’re detrimental. And they never, ever learn to shut up. And so then this is what I believe. 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.

Carville cited polling he said showed Trump’s approval rating had dropped from the low fifties to the upper thirties, which he called a “collapse.”

“It’s going to be easy pickings here in six weeks,” he said of opportunities for Democrats. “Just lay back.”

Abrams asked, “You literally think 30 days to six weeks, the Trump administration is effectively going to collapse in terms of public support?

Carville predicted Trump would find it impossible to pass any agenda items and that House Speaker Mike Johnson would be forced to reach across the aisle to ask House Democrats for help.

“We’re in the midst of a collapse,” Carville said. “It’s over.”

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