James Carville tells ex-CNN host he's worried Trump will tamper with 2026 midterm elections

"In the short word, yes," Carville said in response to Acosta repeating a viewer asking whether they believe Trump will end up "tampering" with the midterm votes. "In the longer words, very."

Carville predicted that Trump is going to get worried about congressional Republicans' hold on power once he starts seeing the results of major elections over the next year or so.

"This is what I think is going to happen," he continued. "And [Trump's] going to see retirements and people are going to start coming in."

Carville also predicted Trump would see these races and say, "'We're getting ready to lose. I gotta change and I gotta get some distance,' and he's going to see all that coming."

"I don't put anything past him - nothing - to try to call the election off, to do anything he can. He can think of things like that, that - that, you know, we can't because we're not accustomed to thinking like that. We always assume there's going to be an election. In your case, 'How do I cover the election?' In my case, 'How do I affect the election?'" he said.

Carville mentioned that people often share these kinds of concerns, saying they're scared of what Trump might do. 

"I say, you should be," Carville said. "You have every reason to be scared. Don't kid yourself."

"This is scary s---," Acosta, a Trump critic, responded. "And he's already tried to steal one election before, so, I mean, what's to say he's not going to try to steal more?"

"President Trump has taken more action to restore the integrity of our elections on behalf of the American people than any president in modern history. According to the Democrats, voter fraud doesn't exist - but clearly they are already searching for copouts preparing to lose big again in the midterms," spokesperson Taylor Rogers said.