James Carville claims confidence in the Trump administration is down and explains how Democrats can win back support on'The Will Cain Show.' Democratic political strategist James Carville expressed frustration with the state of his party on his podcast Thursday, arguing that Republicans are able to get away with lying while Democrats are held to a higher standard of credibility. Talking to guest Ryan Lizza, a journalist, he said, "People say to me all the time, 'James, why don't we just do like the Republicans do? Just stand up and lie?' Because our f---ing people wouldn't stand for it!" "If I stood up and lied, you would be the first person to say, 'James Carville lost all credibility last night when he said X, Y and Z.'" Carville, a longtime political talking head, was a top strategist for former President Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. Democratic political strategist James Carville expressed frustration with the state of his party on his podcast Thursday, arguing that Republicans are able to get away with lying while Democrats are held to a higher standard of credibility.

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said that he is so frustrated by Republican support for tariffs that he has contemplated punching his computer in rage. Veteran Democratic Party strategist James Carville said that the Republican response to the consequences of tariffs has him contemplating smashing his own computer in rage. CNN host Wolf Blitzer asked Carville what he makes of President Donald Trump's tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China and the fallout. "I've come to think maybe Donald Trump hates the United States," Carville suggested, arguing that Trump's economic and foreign policy strategies are otherwise nonsensical. "I just can't get it out of my mind that I think this man – there's some possibility - we have to consider the possibility that our president hates our country."

For all the finger-pointing at fake news on Facebook, voter turnout at a 20-year low, and angry American balloters, Donald Trump was elected US president for the same reason as Bill Clinton in 1992: He talked about jobs a lot more than his opponent. Back then, Clinton only won his party's nomination because none of its leaders relished a run against George H. W. Bush's 89% approval rating. But, the 1990-91 recession eventually caught up with Bush. It had a severe impact on US jobs and Bush was perceived by voters as being blasé about it, while Clinton made it the center of his campaign. "It's the economy, stupid" was famously coined during that election cycle by Clinton campaign strategist James Carville.