Democratic strategist James Carville said Democrats need to let President Trump “punch himself out.” In remarks on MSNBC on Friday, Carville recalled Muhammad Ali, noting he would go six or seven rounds before coming in and “launching bombs.” “What we have to learn is Democrats, just let him punch himself out,” Carville said in the interview with MSNBC’s Katie Phang. Carville argued that it’s difficult to let Trump hurt himself politically as he continues to highlight “distractions” like acquiring Greenland. “But you just got to keep bobbing and weaving and...

Patience will ultimately be a virtue for Democrats when it comes to tackling President Donald Trump, argued longtime Democratic strategist James Carville. Democrats have to learn to let the returning POTUS “punch himself out,” Carville told guest host Katie Phang on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat.” “Remember Muhammad Ali and his rope-a-dope?” Carville asked, referring to the late, legendary boxer’s tactic of taking punches to wear his opponent down before delivering a devastating response. Ali would “just go to it the first six or seven rounds and then you...

Democratic strategist James Carville urged party members to allow President Trump to “punch himself out” during his first few weeks in office. “He just says anything that he wants to say,” Carville said during a Friday appearance on MSNBC. “He’s just going to keep plowing through,” Carville continued. “And what we have to learn as Democrats, just let him punch himself out.” During the interview, Carville hammered in on Trump’s priority to decrease food prices throughout his first week in office as the Republican promised on the campaign trail. “But...