'Oh God!': James Carville Marks Trump's First 100 Days In 'Big Time' Fashion
James Carville chuckled on Tuesday when asked to grade the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term.
'Oh god,' said the longtime Democratic strategist in an appearance on MSNBC's 'The Beat with Ari Melber.'
Carville, citing his history as aninstructor at a number of colleges and universities, claimed he 'never gave an F' in his entire career.
'I'd say, 'If you make an A, you've got to earn it. But if you make an F, you've really got to earn it,'' he said.
'I've got to say, he's earned an F. Dude, you get something that no student of mine ever did in 16 years. You earned an F, big time!'
Carville's interview with Melber arrived on the same day as Trump rang in his 100th day in office with abysmal approval ratings, finding himself underwater in several polls and wading throughsourtakeaways of the start of his second term.
Trump — whose chaotic presidency has been marked by his widespread tariffs, deportation policies and federal budget cuts — fumed on his Truth Social platform Monday over what he described as 'FAKE' polls and claimed that pollsters 'should be investigated for ELECTION FRAUD.'
Melber, after summing up the start of Trump's second term with a brutal supercut, asked Carville if it feels like 100 days.
'It feels like 100 years,' replied Carville, adding that the clips serve as a reminder of the 'disaster' caused by the Trump administration.
The MSNBC host later noted that the Trump administration, per NBC News/Just Security, has faced 212 legal challenges since the president took office.
He then pointed out the Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Trump's effort to seize wartime powers to fuel his deportations.
Carville, a lead strategist on Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, said Democrats need to stay focused on what they can 'illustrate' and let matters work themselves out in the courts.
″$4.5 trillion they want middle class people to pay, $4.5 trillion so they can give Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos another tax cut. Just stay on that,' Carville said.
'Just stay on that.'
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