Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville didn’t mince words when discussing Jeff Bezos’ op-ed explaining why the Washington Post chose to do so. not supporting a political candidate during this election cycle.

during Thursdays “Political War Room” Carville said he was almost certain that former President Trump “enraged” Bezos, the billionaire who has owned the Post since 2013, into breaking the paper’s tradition of supporting a presidential candidate.

Carville added that The Post’s disapproval decision, which caused an uproar at the paper, could help Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Whoever wrote that column for Jeff Bezos, I’m going to tell Jeff Bezos: Why don’t you pay me a million dollars? I can write — I can (put) a hundred, there’s monkeys on a hundred typewriters and they come up with something better than that,” he said.

WAPO OPINION EDITOR SAID THAT THEY MAY RESIGN DUE TO BEZOS’ CONFIRMATION DECISION IN THE TENSIONED MEETING

James Carville claimed Thursday that The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos bowed to pressure from former President Donald Trump after his newspaper decided not to support a presidential candidate. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images)

Carville also said that the logic behind Bezos’ decision was “illogical” and that “nothing can be held together.”

“Basically the argument is, ‘People don’t trust the press anymore, but I’m a billionaire and people really trust billionaires.’ “So – using steroids was stupid, and I think they were acting at the behest of Donald Trump,” he continued.

central argument Bezos’ column It was Americans’ widespread distrust of legacy media. Bezos did not mention in his article that the Washington Post has supported Democrats in every presidential election since 1976; but did not skip the race in 1988. The New York Times hasn’t endorsed a Republican for president since 1956.

“We must be righteous and believe that we are righteous. This is a bitter pill to swallow, but we fail to meet the second condition,” Bezos wrote on Monday.

WAPO ARTICLE JEFF BEZOS’ ‘BULL — STATEMENT’ ABOUT DISAPPROVATION IS CALLED: ‘BENDING THE KNEE’ TO TRUMP

The Washington Post reported that the “cancel movement” by once-loyal readers was “primarily a political statement from the American left,” as readers were outraged over the decision not to support Vice President Kamala Harris. (Left: Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images, Right: (Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Right: (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images))

“Most people believe that the media is biased. Anyone who does not see this pays little attention to reality, and those who fight reality lose. Reality is an invincible champion. It would be easy to blame others for our long and continuing decline in credibility (and thus diminished influence), but the benefit of a victim mentality No way. Complaining is not a strategy. To increase our credibility, we must work harder to control what we can control.” Bezos continued.

Following the disapproval decision, at least three editorial board members have resigned from their positions so far. Reports indicate that at least 250,000 people are currently canceled their subscriptionsIt accounts for 10 percent of its 2.5 million paid subscribers.

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Fox News Digital He reached out to the Trump campaign and Bezos team for comment.

Fox News’ Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.