James Carville accuses Trump of using Venezuela raid to distract from Epstein fallout: 'Wake up!'
James Carville on Venezuela: “Never ever underestimate what Trump will do to draw attention away from Jeffrey Epstein and the fact we’re getting ready for average people to be plunged into health insurance they can’t pay while we run up $3T in debt” pic.twitter.com/uErXRLcoK0
— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) January 3, 2026
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville discussed the Trump administration’s decision to strike Venezuela and capture Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, on Saturday, January 3.
Carville believed that Donald Trump was misleading the nation by claiming that he wanted to rid the nation of harmful illegal substances and punish those who were killing Americans by supplying such substances.
The democrat argued that the “real reason” behind the strike was to distract the public from other important issues, such as the Epstein files.
James Carville calls Venezuelan strike a 'diversionary tactic'
The veteran democratic strategist commented on the US military strike against Venezuela on the latest episode of 'Politics War Room'.
He questioned the Trump administration’s decision to raid Venezuela and said that while he was watching the continuous coverage, he wondered what was wrong with “people” for not questioning the strike.
Carville questioned whether people wondered what Trump’s objective was, claiming that they already knew the answer.
“It’s Jeffrey Epstein,” he added.
Carville argued that the Trump administration was getting ready to file “millions of documents.” The strategist added that there were other issues that the government was attempting to bury under the rug.
“The health care subsidies. People getting the bill. They’re going out of his mind — in his reptilian survival way,” he added.
The strategist chimed in on the Republicans’ reaction to the strike, saying that they treated it like it was legitimate. He also commented on the “chin scratchers” reaction, seemingly talking about other Democrats.
Referring to some representatives criticizing the lack of Congressional approval for the Venezuela strike, and them wanting to address it in the Supreme Court, Carville called them “crazy.”
He urged people to "wake up" if they thought anything about what Trump did in Venezuela was “remotely legit.”
“This is in furtherance of some foreign policy aim, or some aim of American interests, come on, please,” he said.
He added that people needed to think beyond what they were able to see and called the Venezuelan strike a “giant diversionary tactic.”
James Carville slams Trump for capturing Nicolas Maduro
In the clip, James Carville accused the president of not thinking the situation through, noting that he hadn’t considered the possible consequences of the strike and the capture of Nicolas Maduro.
He further called Donald Trump out for criticizing Vladimir Putin for trying to “illegally” invade Ukraine.
“Well, our case got a little bit weaker now, didn’t it?”
