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DC insider warns Trump is going to take the money and run

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Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville, who famously helped Bill Clinton win the 1992 presidential election , has previously predicted that President Donald Trump will lose in the 2026 midterm elections because of his unpopular war against Iran and similarly unpopular economic policies . Now Carville is arguing that, when Democrats retake one or both houses of Congress, they should consider getting Trump to leave office before his term ends in 2029 by convincing him he can keep the money he has unethically earned in office if he simply resigns. "I think the Democratic leadership in January or February of the year 2027, go to Trump and say, 'This is the deal. If you resign, we will not pursue your money. Congress is not gonna do that,'" Carville argued. "And to some extent that you can have [Vice President] JD Vance pardon you. That's, again, for terms of federal prosecution. That's it, I don't know if I would be for that or not. Would you support a measure that would defer clawi

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