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James Carville didn’t maintain again on Tuesday as he sounded the alarm on Donald Trump, warning that the president “genuinely wants to hurt” America in his second time period.

“If he sees himself going down, he’s going to try to take the whole country with him,” the longtime Democratic strategist stated in an episode of his “Politics War Room” podcast with journalist Al Hunt.

Carville responded to listeners who requested if Trump is attempting to “spark enough protests to justify declaring martial law,” thus suspending the 2026 midterm elections, in addition to whether or not these elections could possibly be “rigged.”

He famous that the listeners deserve a “serious” reply earlier than returning to a degree he’s emphasised in latest weeks: He’s satisfied Trump doesn’t just like the United States.

“He doesn’t like our laws, he doesn’t like our Constitution, he doesn’t like our people, he calls them fat, he calls them poorly educated, slobs, stupid,” stated Carville, who was the lead strategist on former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 marketing campaign.

He later continued, “He is not loyal to the United States of America. He does not like this country. He criticizes it all the time. He has an affection for dictators. He has an affection for authoritarianism.”

Carville careworn that the U.S. is “in the midst of a collapse,” referring to shares tumbling on Wall Street in latest days as a consequence of Trump’s tariffs, together with the “craziness” of billionaire Elon Musk’s proximity to the White House.

As for considerations in regards to the 2026 midterms, the Democratic strategist stated Americans are “so correct to be concerned” about Trump — who has claimed that he’s “not joking” about working for a 3rd time period in workplace — and warned that his presidency is “not going to stop getting worse.”

“And I would be — we ought to be — on high, high alert,” Carville stated.

“He’s going to try anything he can, and to help himself, of course, but I believe the man genuinely, fundamentally wants to hurt this country.”

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