Carville: Trump polling 'collapse is already underway'
Democratic strategist James Carville said Thursday that President Trump's poll numbers are declining, claiming "the collapse is already underway."
Speaking on Fox News's "Hannity," Carville said Democrats don't need to be aggressive, because Trump's policies are making him unpopular.
"Let's see when they put the Medicaid budget, when they put the tax — the $4.5 billion [or] trillion of tax cuts to wealthy people," he said. "Just let the ball come to you. We don't need to be aggressive now."
The longtime Democrat consultant went on to say Trump is the "lowest rated president at this point of any president in American history," referring to a polling average from RealClearPolitics.
Three national polls released Wednesday indicated that the president's approval ratings have seen a minor decline since he assumed office a month ago.
On Friday morning, Trump appeared to react to Carville's remarks in a Truth Social Truth Social post, saying he has "the best polling numbers I've ever had."
"The Democrats, run by broken down losers like James Carville, whose weak of mind and body, are going crazy, and just don’t know what to do," he added.
Carville further claimed during his Thursday remarks that Democrats are likely to win the race to become governor of Virginia, where Republican Glenn Youngkin is term-limited, and that they will take back the House majority next year.
"The Democrats are almost certain to win the Virginia governor's race, I mean, by — no, not almost. They are certain to win it," he said, adding, "And they're certain to win the House of Representatives back."
Carville accused Republicans of overlooking the issue of unemployment. "The key issue is, in this century, under Democratic presidents, 50 million jobs have been created, and 1 million jobs under Republicans," he said.
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