There are times for sure when you want to believe predictions that come from “experts” who not only claim to know many things, but who have track records to demonstrate to predict the future.
I am not sure about what I have just read regarding what is percolating in the political mind of James Carville.
Carville is a political pistol to be sure. He says Donald Trump is a “soft man” who will be unable to tolerate the shellacking his Republican Party will suffer in the midterm election that’s just around the corner. So … Carville said that Trump will quit the office and hand it over to Vice President J.D. Vance.
Part of me wants to happen. Trump is a fool, a buffoon, a dangerous wanna-dictator who has no business being anywhere near the nuclear codes. Vance … ? He’s another cat altogether.
He’s also a fool, but not quite the buffoon that Trump has shown himself to be. He is able to string sentences together. He makes them sound like they make sense even if they don’t.
According to the Irish Star: Trump simply lacks the strength to face the crushing defeat headed his way, Carville argues: “He’s a soft man.” Concerns have also mounted over Trump’s health, with noticeable signs including drowsiness, swollen ankles, and dark bruises on his hands. Current projections indicate that the Democrats have a 76.9% chance of securing a majority of seats in the House, a number that has climbed consistently in recent months. The president will bear the brunt of his party’s collapse, Carville says: “They’re going to blame [Trump] – the whole culture is going to change. The whole conversation is going to change.”
Vance clearly wants to be elected to the presidency in 2028. I don’t know that factually, but it makes a whole lot of sense for him to position himself as a possible frontrunner. But he’s going to carry a lot of the baggage that Carville and others say will doom Trump to feckless lame-duck status once the dust clears from the midtern election.
Carville once guided Bill Clinton to a decisive victory in 1992. He developed the “war room” where all the key Clinton campaign decisions were made. He goes through life seemingly feeling as if certain things are going to happen. As often as not, they do. That gives this prediction a bit more weight than others might have.
I am just going to sit on my hands and watch Trump as carefully as I can from my distance far from the center of the universe.
And I suppose I can hope that if Democrats get control of both congressional chambers, then an impeachment and probable conviction in a Senate trial would spur Trump to pack it in.
Let’s all get ready to rumble.