NOW AND FOREVER.
GUTFELD! IS NEXT.
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>> GREG: HERE WE ARE.
HERE WE ARE.
HAPPY THURSDAY, EVERYONE.
FINALLY, FINALLY, SOMETHING
WORTH WATCHING ON CNN, SINCE THE
GREAT DOM LEMON LEFT.
WHICH MEANS, IT’S TIME FOR TRUMP
VERSUS CNN.
INSURRECTION TWO.
THE REMATCH.
>> GREG: SO LAST NIGHT DONALD
TRUMP DID A TOWN HALL ON CNN AND
IT WENT OVER AS WELL AS A
SPELLING BEEFEDED BY JOHN
FEDERER MAN.
HOW DARE YOU LAUGH AT THAT.
FIRST, THE STANDING "O."
>> FOR PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP. PLAYS
PLAYS
[APPLAUSE]
>> GREG: WE HAVEN’T SEEN A
WELCOME THAT WARM SINCE SOMEONE
CAME TO THE VIEW WITH TWO COWS
AND A BAG OF CHARCOAL.
WHAT GREAT IDEA.
HAVE A PRO-TRUMP AUDIENCE JUST
TO MAKE THE HEADS OF WHAT’S LEFT
OF THE CNN AUDIENCE EXPLODE.
REMEMBER, ONLY PEOPLE WHO WATCH
CNN WORK FOR CNN OR OTHER MEDIA.
SEEING PEOPLE APPLAUD FOR TRUMP,
THAT’S WORSE THAN CHEERING FOR
JAWS TO EAT MORE CHILDREN.
FOR AN HOUR PLUS TRUMP AND HIS
DEBATE OPPONENT, THE TOWN HALL
MODERATOR, HE TALKED AND SHE
UNDERTALKED.
>> TO PUT IN SEVEN BALLOTS A
PIECE.
>> MR. PRESIDENT I HAVE TO STOP
YOU THERE BECAUSE THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE --
>> OBAMA TOOK THEM.
NIXON TOOK THEM.
REAGAN TOOK THEM.
INCLUDED A RAID ON MY HOUSE.
CAN I TALK?
>> YES, WHAT’S YOUR ANSWER?
>> I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO
ANSWER THE QUESTION.
>> IT’S VERY SIMPLE TO ANSWER.
>> THAT’S WHY I ASKED IT.
>> IT’S VERY SIMPLE THAT YOU’RE
A NASTY PERSON, I TELL YOU THAT.
>> GREG: LIKE WHEN HARRY MET
SALARY.
VAL HAD AN EASIER TIME SPEAKING
IN THE "TOP GUN" SEQUEL.
HE WOULD HAVE LAUGHED.
TRUMP WAS IN FRONT OF A
SYMPATHETIC CROWD THAT LAUGHED
AT HIS JOKES AND APPLAUDED HIS
BOASTS WHILE COLLINS FEEBLY
TRIED TO KEEP UP.
SHE TRIED TO FACT CHECK HIM ON LIVE TV BUT WITH TRUMP THAT’S
LIVE TV BUT WITH TRUMP THAT’S
LIKE TRYING TO PUT SOX ON AN
OCTOPUS.
I WONDER, DID TRUMP HAVE TO PULL
IT OUT.
>> I HAVE TO PULL IT OUT.
PLAYS
[APPLAUSE]
>> SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ON
JANUARY 5, THE DAY BEFORE, I
SAID PLEASE SUPPORT OUR CAPITAL
POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY ARE TRULY ON THE SIDE OF
OUR COUNTRY.
STAY PEACEFUL.
THIS WAS THE DAY BEFORE, AND
THIS WAS IN THE FORM OF TWITTER.
NOW I USE TRUTH SOCIAL.
I THINK IT’S FAR SUPERIOR.
>> GREG: ALWAYS A PROMOTER.
HE MADE A VIDEO OUTSIDE THE OVAL
OFFERS AND HE DIDN’T NEED A
SCRIPT LIKE THE PERSON NEEDS WHO
IS IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> IF YOU REMEMBER I MADE A
VIDEO OUTSIDE OVAL OFFICE IN THE
ROSE GARDEN.
I’M VERY PROUD OF THAT VIDEO.
I DIDN’T HAVE IS A SCRIPT.
I DON’T NEED A SCRIPT LIKE A
CERTAIN PERSON IN THERE LIKE
THAT.
>> GREG: MAYBE HE DOESN’T KNOW
HER.
I DON’T KNOW HER, I NEVER MET
HER. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO SHE IS.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHO SHE IS.
HER DOG, OR HER CAT, WAS NAMED
VAGINA. [LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER]
>> GREG: I’M GUESSING IT WAS HER
CAT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
I MEAN, IT MAKES MORE SENSE.
VAGINA, WHERE DID YOU GET THE
DEAD MOUSE?
BUT IS THAT TRUE?
AND DOES IT MATTER?
EVEN IF YOU HATE TRUMP, YOU’VE
GOT TO ADMIT YOU JUST DON’T GET
THIS LEVEL OF REALNESS FROM ANY
OTHER CANDIDATE.
THAT’S WHAT I BOILS DOWN TO.
AMERICANS MIGHT FIND TRUMP
ANNOYING, UNTRUE OR OBNOXIOUS
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING
AND IT’S FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS
FAST.
PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO KEEP PAYING
TWICE AS MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
THEY JUST WANT TO FEED THEIR
FAMILIES PREFERABLY USING A GAS
STOVE.
THEY WANT TO LIVE THEIR LIVES
WITHOUT THE SAMPLINGS OF THESE
MISERABLE ELITES AND TRUMP EVEN
MAKES THE DEBT CEILING
HILARIOUS.
>> YOU ONCE SAID THAT USING THE
DEBT CEILING IS A NEGOTIATING
WEDGE, COULD NOT HAPPEN.
SO WHY IS IT DIFFERENT NOW THAT
YOU’RE OUT OF OFFICE?
>> BUS I’M NOT PRESIDENT.
>> GREG: CAN’T ARGUE WITH YOU.
BUT ALSO TRUMP GETS THE MEDIA IN
A WAY NO OTHER CANDIDATE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY HAS WHICH MEANS
HE KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE THE
PEOPLE WHO LIE TO US EVERY DAY.
I WISH I COULD GET HIM TO TALK
TO MY CABLE COMPANY.
BUT THE LIBERAL RESPONSE WAS AS
PREDICTABLE AS IT WAS IDIOTIC.
AOC SAYS CNN SHOULD BE ASHAMED
OF THEMSELVES FOR LOSING CONTROL
OF THE TOWN HALL.
CNN FAIL JOURNALISM AND THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
THE DAILY BEAST DOES NO FAILED
JOURNALISM.
EVERY ONE THERE IS A FAILED
JOURNALIST.
LISTEN TO THESE JACK ASS.
>> NO SURPRISES, AND YET, IT WAS
JUST -- IT WAS A DISGRACEFUL
PERFORMANCE.
>> I’M NOT GOING TO PRETEND LIKE
IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO SEE THE
FORMER PRESIDENT GET THIS FORUM
TONIGHT TO LIE TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
>> I WAS WONDERING WHEN HE WAS
GOING TO BE FACT CHECKED IN
REAL-TIME.
>> THIS IS A LIE.
THIS IS A LIE.
>> WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW IS THAT
THE AUDIENCE WOULD BE FILLED
WITH HIS COATS.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF CNN WAS
PASSING OUT KOOL-AID BEFORE THE
EVENT STARTED.
>> GREG: USUALLY TO HEAR SUCH
INSPIRED CRITICISM YOU HAVE TO
WATCH AN EPISODE OF "DANCING
WITH THE STARS."
SO THEIR SURPRISE, IT’S
CONTENTIOUS.
OUTRAGED, HE ANSWERED THEIR
QUESTIONS.
THEY ARE OFFENDED THAT HE
WOULDN’T BACK DOWN.
HOW STUPID ARE THESE PEOPLE?
IT’S EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE WOULD
EXPECT.
IT’S AS IF THE MEDIA HAS NEVER
HEARD OF TRUMP BEFORE.
IT’S LIKE THEY WOULD BE
SURPRISED IF HE ATE PASTA WITH
HIS HANDS.
OR BRAGGED ABOUT HIS PENIS AT A
FUNERAL.
THAT’S HOW IN SYNC THEY ARE WITH
BIDEN.
NOW THEY HAVE SHORT-TERM MEMORY
LOSS.
IT’S LIKE THEY WOULD BE
SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THE
BUILDINGS WERE NAMED AFTER TRUMP
AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
THEY ARE JUST A MARCH RAID OF
[ BLEEP ] MORONS.
THEN THERE IS THIS.
FOLLOWING TOWN HALL CNN
INTERVIEWED THE AUDIENCE.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
LIES?
>> PART OF SIT THE MEDIA
NARRATIVE WHEN YOU ASKED HIM
ABOUT IT RATHER THAN CURRENT
STUFF.
>> DON’T YOU THINK IT’S TIME TO
START TALKING ABOUT 2024, NOT
LIES THAT ARE UNTRUE?
>> COULDN’T THE MEDIA ASK HIM A
QUESTION ABOUT 2024.
>> THERE WERE QUESTION, BUT
RIGHT, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING.
>> GREG: THE MEDIA COMPLAINS
THAT TRUMP TALKS ABOUT THE PAST
AFTER THEY ASK HIM ABOUT THE
PAST.
THAT’S LIKE ASKING A SHARK TO
LEAVE YOU ALONE WHILE YOU COVER
YOUR NAKED BODY WITH BARBECUE
SAUCE.
EVEN CNN REPORTED ON HOW MESSED
UP CNN IS NOTING THAT THEIR
NETWORK BOSS IS FACING A FURY OF
CRITICISM WITHIN THE COMPANY BUT
MAYBE THAT OUTRAGE IS MEANT TO
COVER THEIR TRACKS FOR HAVING
TRUMP ON.
SO DID THIS TOWN HALL HELP TRUMP
FOR 2024?
IT DIDN’T HURT.
AT LEAST TRUMP KNOWS WHERE HE’S
GOING COMPARED TO THIS FELLOW.
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>> GREG: CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS
CONFUSED FOSSIL ON STAGE FOR AN
HOUR GETTING PEPPERED WITH
GOTCHA QUESTIONS FROM A HOSTILE
INTERROGATOR.
IT WOULDN’T BE A TOWN HALL.
IT WOULD BE A TOWN HANGING BUT
WITH DONALD TRUMP WHEN HE ENTERS
THE LIONS DEN IT’S THE LION THAT
GETS NERVOUS.
>> HERE HE IS.
>> WELCOME TONIGHT’S GUEST.
THIRD FAVORITE MOLLY AFTER
RINGWALD AND THE DRUG.
>> ENTER MOLLY HEMINGWAY.
>> TO DO THIS SHOW HE NEEDED A
PERMISSION SLIP FROM HIS
PARENTS.
BEST IN SHOW GUY.
SHE’S SO SKINNY KIDS FROM
THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES SEND HER
FOOD.
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KAT --
[APPLAUSE]
>> GREG: HOT AIR BALLOONS HAVE
HIM ON A NO-FLY LIST.
GUY, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE
YOU, AND I MEAN THAT THIS TIME.
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE YOU IN
THE GREEN ROOM OPENLY WEEPING
ABOUT HOW GREAT YOU THOUGHT
TRUMP DID.
YOU WERE BASICALLY SAYING, OH,
MY GOD, THANK GOD HE’S BACK.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I DIDN’T EXPECT THAT FROM YOU.
>> BECAUSE I DIDN’T DO THAT, BUT
THAT’S ALL RIGHT, A GOOD STORY.
I’M SO CONFUSED BY THE KAT NAME
JOKE.
MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT.
I DON’T KNOW HER AT ALL BUT I
KNOW HER CAT’S NAME.
THERE IS SOMETHING FAIR HEAD.
THERE IS SOMETHING SORT OF
DELICIOUS ABOUT CNN HAVING THEIR
BEST RATED SHOW IN RECENT
MEMORY, WHICH IS LIKE AN AVERAGE
NIGHT FOR THE FIVE BUT FOR THEM
IT’S REALLY GOOD AND THEY ARE
TEARING THEMSELVES APART FOR IT.
>> GREG: RIGHT.
>> THAT’S WILD TO SEE, AND THEIR
OWN LIKE CORRESPONDENCE ARE
TRASHING THEIR OWN NETWORK FOR
HAVING THIS FORUM WITH THE MAN
WHO IS THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT OF A MAJOR PARTY, LIKE
WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO?
NOT ASK QUESTIONS OF CANDIDATE?
BLACKBALL HIM COMPLETELY?
WE CAN’T NORMALIZE HIM.
I HAVE ISSUES WITH TRUMP.
HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
HE’S NORMALIZED WHETHER YOU LIKE
IT OR NOT.
HE’S RUNNING FOR THE OFFICE
AGAIN.
MAYBE YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE A
THUNDERDOME OF HIS FANS CHEERING
HIM ON BUT CAITLIN COLLINS ON AN
ISLAND OUT THERE, SUPPOSEDLY
IT’S A NEWS NETWORK.
>> GREG: YOU’RE RIGHT.
THE THING IS, I THINK, AND THIS
IS MY CONSPIRACY THEORY OF
MOLLY, ALL OF THIS COMPLAINING
FROM WITHIN THE HOUSE OF CNN IS
DESIGNED SO THAT THEY COULD DO
THIS.
IT’S LIKE, THAT’S THEIR COVER.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT
CONSPIRACY?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
THEY ARE SO DESPERATE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE SUCH HORRIFIC RATINGS
THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF
INTERESTING THAT THEY DID THIS.
BUT SEEING JAKE TAPPER NEAR
TEARS AFTER IT WAS AN EXTRA
SPECIAL DELIGHT IN ADDITION TO
GETTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED
THERE.
BUT THIS IS NOT JUST THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS LIKE FAR AND AWAY TOP
CANDIDATE FOR THE NEXT
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
THE IDEA, LIKE THE MEDIA
MELTDOWN OVER THIS MEANS THAT
THEY DON’T REALLY TRUST THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
ASK HIM QUESTIONS.
GET THE ANSWERS.
TRUST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
MAKE THE DECISION.
>> GREG: YES.
>> BUT THEY DON’T.
THEY HANDLE EVERYTHING BY
SILENCING HIM FOR THE LAST FEW
YEARS AND IT COUNTER INTUITIVELY
MADE IT MORE REFRESHING.
YOU’RE NOT SICK OF HEARING HIM
FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WHITE HOUSE, I FORGOT, THIS WAS
GREAT.
>> GREG: YOU KIND OF MISSED HIM,
REMEMBER, HE COULD BE PRETTY
TIRESOME.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER
THAT GUY.
WHAT WAS AMAZING ABOUT CNN, CNN,
DIDN’T HAVE JUST ONE BIG PANEL,
THEY HAD TWO BIG PANELS.
THEY HAD ONE GUY THERE AND
DONALDSON AND SOME OTHER DUDE,
IT WAS HILL CLAIROUS.
KAT WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THIS?
>> EXACTLY WHAT WE’VE SEEN
BEFORE EVERY TIME TRUMP IS ON TV
WHICH IS WHY I THOUGHT ALL OF
THESE REACTIONS WERE ALL
EXTREMELY DMRAMT PARTICULAR,
SAYING THIS IS THE END OF THE
COUNTRY.
I DON’T THINK SO.
OR EVEN LIKE CHRIS SAID, AMERICA
WAS VERY WELL SERVED BY THIS.
NO, IT WAS ABOUT RATINGS.
BUT THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE DO ALL
THE TIME BUT I THINK I’LL START
TAKING IT UP FOR MYSELF.
KAT WHY, DID YOU DO THAT?
WHICH I GET ASKED A LOT.
BECAUSE I LOVE MY COUNTRY.
>> GREG: THAT’S GREAT.
THAT’S GOOD.
>> WHY ARE YOU SO MAD AT ME?
BECAUSE I LOVE MY COUNTRY.
IT HOLDS A LOT MORE WEIGHT THAN
JUST SAYING I’M UPSET OR I
WANTED RATINGS OR I WANTED
ATTENTION.
I FEEL LIE EVERYONE EMPLOYS IT
SO WHY CAN’T I.
>> GREG: YOU HAD A GREAT ANSWER
ON UKRAINE AND THE MEDIA
BASICALLY SAID HE WAS SOFT ON
RUSSIA BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO
COMMIT ON WHO SHOULD WIN, AND HE
WAS HOLDING HIMSELF TO THE
METRIC OF THE BODY COUNT.
>> HE GAVE A PRESIDENTIAL
ANSWER.
HE WANTS TO STOP KILLING.
HE DOESN’T WANT TO SEE RUSSIANS
DIE OR UKRAINIANS DIE.
THAT’S A PRESIDENTIAL ANSWER.
TWO THINGS, THE TIMING OF IT
WASN’T GREAT BECAUSE IT GOT --
IT CHANGED THE NEWS NARRATIVE.
WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HUNTER
AND HIS STUFF TODAY.
WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BIND
CORRUPTION.
SO THAT WAS ONE REASON THAT I
WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE
SPACED OUT.
BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO
USE THIS.
AND TO YOUR POINT, 1,000%, THERE
WAS A MEETING WHERE THEY WILL
PUBLICLY BASH IT.
>> GREG: YES.
>> AND BRING HIM ON BECAUSE THAT
WILL KEEP IT GOING.
THEY NEED HIM.
SO, AND THE MODERATOR, I’M NOT
SURE WHAT WAS BEING MODERATED,
OTHER THAN HIS RESPONSES, IS,
IT’S HER TURN NOW BUT SHE HAS TO
BE CAREFUL.
BECAUSE ACOSTA AND OTHER ONES,
THEY ALL GOT BOOKS OUT OF IT AND
THEY BECAME PART OF THE STORY
AND WHENEVER A SO-CALLED
JOURNALIST OR OPINION PIECE OR
WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO BE,
WHEN YOU BECOME PART OF THE
STORY, YOUR TIME IS DONE.
IT’S ONLY MATTER OF TIME BEFORE
PEOPLE MOVE ON AND THEY WON’T
TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY ANYMORE.
WHY IS ACOSTA?
HALF OF THEM HAVE BEEN FIRED
BECAUSE THEY WERE THE STORY.
SO NOW THIS TIME THEY THINK THEY
ARE CLEVER WITH HAVING EVERYBODY
BASH CNN FOR DOING IT SO THEY
CAN KEEP THE NEWS CYCLE GOING,
BECAUSE EVERYONE IS FOCUSED ON
TRUMP, AND YOU’RE TRYING TO GIVE
BREAK TO BIDEN.
THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT IS, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS WAIT FOR BIDEN
TO SPEAK AND HIM GET LOST ON A
THREE-FOOT PODIUM AND THEN IT
KIND OF SWITCHES BACK.
>> GREG: THAT’S TRUE.
I’LL NEVER BECOME PART OF THE
STORY BECAUSE I DON’T --
>> YOU NARRATE, BUT DON’T BE
PART OF THE STORY.