{"id":2412928,"date":"2025-03-12T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carville-claims-trump-administration-is-in-total-meltdown-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:04:01","slug":"carville-claims-trump-administration-is-in-total-meltdown-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carville-claims-trump-administration-is-in-total-meltdown-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Carville claims Trump administration is in \u2018total meltdown\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcarville-claims-trump-administration-is-in-total-meltdown-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412928&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Carville claims Trump administration is in &lsquo;total meltdown&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2037087\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic strategist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-carville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Carville<\/a> suggested the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> is in &ldquo;total meltdown&rdquo; and &ldquo;collapse&rdquo; roughly 50 days after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>While appearing on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Story with Martha MacCallum<\/em>, Carville was presented with comments made by Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) on <em>The View<\/em>, during which the senator suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3343818\/slotkin-us-angry-teenage-years-electing-trump-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the United States is in the middle of its &ldquo;angry teenage years&rdquo;<\/a> and that the Democratic Party needs to guide the country through this time &ldquo;so that their brain can fully form.&rdquo; When asked if this is a winning message for voters, Carville suggested that voters are currently &ldquo;afraid to death&rdquo; of &ldquo;collapsing&rdquo; markets, pointing to how Trump vowed to bring down the price of eggs on his first day in office while the Agriculture Secretary has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-admin-says-americans-should-farm-chickens-combat-egg-prices-2039178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">suggested people raise chickens in their backyards<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3345218\/department-of-education-layoffs-preview-of-bigger-things-to-come\/\">Department of Education layoffs could be a preview of bigger things to come<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3345870\/brendan-carr-fcc-deregulation-effort\/\">FCC launches wide deregulation effort as agency investigates broadcasters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3345054\/trump-steel-aluminum-tariffs-usher-retaliation-allies\/\">Trump&#8217;s steel and aluminum tariffs usher in new wave of retaliation from allies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, what&rsquo;s coming out of Washington would scare the living bejesus out of anybody, independent, Republican, or Democrat,&rdquo; Carville argued. &ldquo;This administration is in total meltdown and total collapse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum then suggested that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">market<\/a> is &ldquo;turning around a bit,&rdquo; to which Carville retorted, &ldquo;What has the market done since Trump took office?&rdquo; MacCallum argued that the market &ldquo;gyrates a lot&rdquo; and can take some time to see what works, prompting Carville to respond, &ldquo;OK.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2840806&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=fff185f2179cdd7765c1fe40dc17dec1\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The topic of the Trump administration&rsquo;s attempt to deport Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, as well as the Senate Judiciary Democrats&rsquo; X account <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JudiciaryDems\/status\/1899167121957126619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">calling to free the pro-Palestinian activist<\/a>, was also discussed during the testy interview. Carville was asked if Democrats backing Khalil is a good look for the party, to which he stated he was &ldquo;a little bit confused&rdquo; since he originally thought the Republican Party supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">free speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3345732\/house-democrats-senate-spending-bill-threatens-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HOUSE DEMOCRATS INSIST ON &lsquo;UNITY&rsquo; BUT SENATE SPENDING BILL FIGHT THREATENS DIVISION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MacCallum then reiterated her question whether or not this is a winning message, prompting Carville to state that the &ldquo;collapsing&rdquo; markets is what will resonate with voters. He also cited the Trump administration &ldquo;attacking&rdquo; veterans&rsquo; healthcare and national parks are going to draw voters back to the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the Democratic Party&rsquo;s seeking to find a resonating message to counter President Donald Trump and his agenda, Rep. 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