Anti-ICE Mob Takes Over NYC Hotel Lobby

Summary

Podcast Summary – The Five

Episode: Anti-ICE Mob Takes Over NYC Hotel Lobby
Date: January 29, 2026
Host/Panel: Kayleigh McEnany, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Waters, Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld
Special Guest: Melania Trump

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Overview

This episode of The Five centers around the recent anti-ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) protests that escalated in New York City, resulting in dozens of arrests and wider political fallout. The panel passionately debates the causes and responses to anti-ICE sentiment, the role of sanctuary cities, political rhetoric likening ICE and Republicans to Nazis, legal battles surrounding federal immigration enforcement, and related scandals. Later, the panel shifts focus to a wide-ranging interview with Melania Trump about her upcoming documentary, her life in the White House, and her ongoing projects. The episode concludes with lighter segments on economic boycotts, cultural commentary, and viral news.

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Anti-ICE Protests & Sanctuary City Chaos (00:20–15:12)

Major Events & Political Fallout

• Kayleigh McEnany opens with news: Two federal agents involved in a controversial shooting placed on leave as protests surge in NYC. NYPD arrested 66 agitators after they stormed a hotel lobby over mistaken reports ICE agents were staying there. Parallel unrest and arrests in Minneapolis covered by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
• Panel critiques leftwing rhetoric linking ICE with Nazis.
  • Greg Gutfeld: “Nazi ideology was outlawed through denazification. One day we will see the demagification of this country. It will come.” (01:23)
  • Jesse Waters: “This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities.” (01:52)
• Jessica Tarlov criticizes local political leaders (Walz, Fry) for losing control:
  “Nobody’s listening to reason... The city deserves better. The state deserves better... a murderer amongst your prison who should be deported — we would like that access to that person, please.” (02:55–03:13)
• Kayleigh McEnany and Jesse Waters argue for abolishing sanctuary cities and increasing cooperation with federal immigration law:
  • “The legislature needs to get around abolishing sanctuary cities because they're very dangerous... When Trump has tried to bring down the temperature over and over... here comes Fry: 'We will not enforce federal immigration laws.'” (05:20–05:43)
• Jesse goes into granular detail about legal and political jeopardy facing Minnesota officials over ICE obstruction and Somali fraud investigations. Suggests Trump has leverage via pardon power:
  • “If the Democrats think they're winning or Trump's retreating, it's only just begun.” (08:26)
• Megan Alexander: Stresses nuance between criminal deportees and law-abiding migrants:
  “We want regular hombres who may have entered illegally but are living good, productive lives in America... and also for American citizens not to be detained and not to be shot.” (09:01)
• Debate over ICE's legal overreach and high-profile incidents; Jessica and Megan highlight data about illegal detentions.
• Greg Gutfeld’s impassioned monologue:
  • “I can't believe that we're still talking about this. Here's three pages of women who have been murdered by illegal aliens… This is the Democrat Party's mess that we are trying to clean up.” (12:19–14:50)

Notable Quotes:

• “Why is it that the cities that aren't sanctuary aren't having any violence? Why is it that the rate of violence in Minneapolis is five to seven times higher than cities that are three or four times larger? Why is that?” – Greg Gutfeld (13:30)
• “When Molly Tibbets is murdered, they think, how does it affect my public persona? ... We don’t care. You can call me a monster... I don’t care about any of this performance anymore. Jessica, it's done. And you know what? Neither does Trump.” (14:14)

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Melania Trump Interview & Documentary Discussion (16:35–25:55)

Life as First Lady & White House Insights

• Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Waters welcome Melania Trump, discussing her experience ahead of her new documentary’s release.
  • Melania on the unpredictability of the presidency: “I always thought... one day he might go and run... and here we are again.” (17:39)
  • Asked about Trump’s YMCA dance:
    “I like it at certain times. Some days was not appropriate and I told him so. But it's his dance and people love it... It brings happiness and fun.” (18:26)
  • On Trump as a unifier:
    “He’s unifier not just here [in the] United States, but around the world. He stopped many wars and as well here in United States, it’s a lot of opposition and that’s the problem.” (19:44)
  • On documentary process:
    “My life... from morning till evening... organizing, moving back to the White House, my family preparing for inauguration, my business, my philanthropy... It’s day to night. It’s nothing that you do a double take because you cannot do that.” (20:40)
  • On Barron Trump’s role:
    “He’s 19, almost 20 years old. I’m very proud of him... he was very involved in the campaign. He gave him all the ideas, who he needs to talk to, all of YouTubers and, you know, podcasts. So he was really a smart mind behind it.” (22:19)
  • Favorite time of day:
    “It’s morning, morning, very early morning, quiet... checking all the emails, preparing for the day I like the best.” (23:58)
  • Philanthropic work/legislative ambitions:
    “Not yet. I’m working and I think I will have a lot of support. Like, I had it with the previous one, so. But I’m working also reuniting more children.” (24:40)
  • Privacy and public image:
    “They will see how I work, who I am, how I communicate... I know they know I’m very private person and a very selective person.” (25:22)

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Hollywood, Boycotts, & The Politics of Protest (26:51–31:17)

Economic Strike Calls & Performative Activism

• Jesse Waters: Mocks Hollywood's call for an economic strike, quoting Edward Norton.
• Megan Alexander: Breaks down the rationale — discussion about America's wealthy boycotting discretionary spending as protest.
• Greg Gutfeld: Satirizes Hollywood hypocrisy:
  “They know no one's gonna do what they say. I’m kind of grateful... because it won't kill anybody. But... you’re a pattern recognition machine... Trans, the free Britney movement... they care until it goes to hell, then they've already left the building.” (28:20)
• Jessica Tarlov: Draws parallel to the anti-Kavanaugh movement, noting lack of mainstream follow up when initial “shocking” headlines are tempered by detail (e.g. ICE agent shooting a human trafficker).
• The panel agrees: Boycotts are more about awards-season virtue signaling than actual impact.
• Kayleigh McEnany: Asserts economic progress under Trump versus Biden, citing specific statistics:
  • “You are doing better in the Trump economy than the Biden economy... 30-year mortgage rate below 6%... GDP in the third quarter was 4.4%. 8% was GDP growth in the first quarter of 2024.” (31:17)

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Other Major Topics

RFK Jr., Synthetic Dyes, and "Mama" Voters (31:26–35:25)

• Jessica Tarlov introduces the idea that RFK Jr.’s campaign against synthetic food dyes is gaining traction and may sway “mama” voters.
• Debate on whether food dyes are an actual wedge issue compared to more effective culture-war topics.
• Jesse Waters: Notes Kennedy's popularity, especially versus other Democratic figures and his policy victories.
• Greg Gutfeld: Calls for “moms” to become more politically active and responsible on “empathy with rules.”
  • “The woke capitalized on empathy, but it was empathy without rules or facts... now we gotta get the moms back in the picture... that means for, you know, young women and people and victims as opposed to the people who victimize.” (34:38)

Martha Stewart’s Pre-Gym Shower Habit (35:54–38:15)

• Lighthearted segment on Martha Stewart revealing she showers before going to the gym.
• Panelists share their own gym routines and preferences, with humorous asides about Equinox gyms and appearance.
• Greg Gutfeld jokes:
  “I actually shower during the workout... Bring in some hand weights... I get into the stall, I’m completely naked and I just do curls. Every now and then I’ll ask for a spot, but I know that makes people self conscious.” (36:44)

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Closing & "One More Thing" (38:31–41:03)

• Mini-segments on:
  • Viral animal stories, e.g., “Sexy Seal News” about a harbor seal at the Oregon Zoo. (38:36)
  • Scottish fire festival and pirate parades in Tampa for Gasparilla. (39:23–40:47)
  • Guinness world record for a 2-year-old snooker player from Manchester. (39:57)
  • Quirky story about a family dog riding a makeshift snow mattress. (40:47)
• Hosts promote upcoming interviews and episodes, e.g., Kayleigh’s interview with Cash Patel.

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Structure & Tone

• Flow: The show alternates between serious debate (heated at times, especially from Gutfeld and McEnany) and playful camaraderie.
• Tone: Direct, sometimes combative, with signature sarcasm and humor—particularly from Gutfeld and Waters. Emotional undercurrents around national identity, border security, and justice are clear.
• Quotes: Frequently pointed and often self-referential; panelists both challenge and riff off each other.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Greg Gutfeld: “One day we will see the demagification of this country. It will come.” (01:23)
• Jessica Tarlov: “Nobody's listening to reason... The city deserves better.” (03:13)
• Kayleigh McEnany: “Sanctuary cities are unpopular... The legislature needs to get around abolishing sanctuary cities.” (05:20)
• Jesse Waters: “Trump has so much leverage because he has the pardon power and he's not afraid to pardon a Democrat.” (07:41)
• Megan Alexander: “We want regular hombres... not bad hombres.” (09:01)
• Greg Gutfeld: “This is the Democrat Party’s mess that we are trying to clean up.” (12:19–14:50)
• Melania Trump: “He’s unifier not just here United States, but around the world. He stopped many wars.” (19:44)
• Greg Gutfeld: “They know no one's gonna do what they say... when the open borders have turned into like 400 murders a year, they're gone.” (28:20)
• Jesse Waters: “This guy is a weapon. Deploy him.” (34:34)
• Greg Gutfeld: “I actually shower during the workout. I get into the stall, I'm completely naked and I just do curls.” (36:44)

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For listeners who missed the episode:
This installment of The Five combines intensive debate on border enforcement and sanctuary cities with exclusive access to Melania Trump's insights, before wrapping with zippy cultural commentary. The episode is both a snapshot of the fierce national immigration debate and a peek into the lives and personalities of America’s political and media elite.

Transcript

[Greg Gutfeld]

Five years ago, the US Brought leaders.

[Megan Alexander]

From Israel, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain together to sign the Abraham Accords. I'm Megan Alexander and this is Middle East. Tomorrow, go to partners.foxnews.com met.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Hello, everyone. I'm kayleigh mcenany along with jessica tarlov, jesse waters, dana perino and greg gutfeld. It's five o' clock in new york city and this is the five. The two federal agents involved in the Alex Preddy shooting have been put on administrative leave as the anti ICE chaos spreads to New York City. Now police say 66 agitators were arrested in lower Manhattan. That was after they took over the lobby of a hotel last night, blowing whistles and wreaking havoc after falsely believing that ICE agents were staying in that hotel. Then you go over to Minneapolis and Attorney General Pam Bondi is on the ground there announcing the arrest of 16 alleged rioters. There's some of the mug shots. They were arrested for assaulting, resisting or impeding federal law enforcement. In fact, you are looking, as I noted, at some of those arrest photos on your screen. And the left won't stop riling them up with these comments that are equating ICE and Republicans to, you guessed it, the Nazis.

[Greg Gutfeld]

The Nazis ultimately lost. Nazi ideology was outlawed through denazification. One day we will see the demagification of this country. It will come. I don't think that the comparisons with Nazi Germany are extreme because that's what happened too. That's why ordinary German citizens began to accept the idea that certain members of their of their community would be singled out. I mean, they have ICE tip lines.

[Jesse Waters]

Would be directly targeted in violation of the laws of the land.

[Greg Gutfeld]

This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis. If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Hunting down Nazis, that's the message. And Rachel Maddow egging on the radical protesters, telling them that they're winning and claiming that the Trump administration is in retreat.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Nobody asked for this. Nobody put them up to it.

[Jesse Waters]

They decided to launch this in order.

[Greg Gutfeld]

To show off what they could do.

[Jesse Waters]

And now they are in full retreat. If you were one of millions of.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Americans who protested ICE out of Minneapolis.

[Jesse Waters]

You should know tonight you are winning this thing.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

You know, Dana, this comes after we covered Governor Walz making the ridiculous comparison to Anne Frank. It comes after Monday the Holocaust Museum saying Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish. Leaders making false equivalences to our experience for political purposes is never acceptable. Exploiting the Holocaust is deeply offensive. It's like they didn't get the memo.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I think that Walls and Fry have completely lost control. They pushed a narrative that they wanted, and then it got away from them. The citizens that they are talking to, the ones that are out protesting, are agitated beyond belief. They are willing to do things that are putting themselves in danger.

[Greg Gutfeld]

They.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Nobody's listening to reason. You do have normal people just trying to get to work or being followed in their cars. The city deserves better. The state deserves better. And when you strip back and realize what the federal government is asking of the state and local government is not really that hard, actually, if you, again, take it back and look with clear eyes and with some common sense, it is not unreasonable to say that you have a murderer amongst your prison who should be deported. We would like that access to that person, please. And that's what Tom Homan is trying to do now in Minneapolis. I think the other thing that you see is that some of the arrests that happened in the past 24 to 48 hours by local police shows that Fry and Wallace could have had that happening from the beginning. So a lot of this did not have to happen. But what I'm afraid, Kaylee, as you showed some of those other cities, that there are politicians who think that they can ride this wave. They're stoking more fear and anger and agitation. The Krasner guy in Philadelphia, that one was really upsetting to me because what they were suggesting is that their fellow Americans are worse than the Nazis. Their fellow Americans who have pled, fled, they've upheld, held their hands up, they've pledged to serve the United States. They're doing a job they've been asked to do. Walls and Fry are doing a job that is basically blocking the federal government from being able to do federal enforcement. That is. That is just not right. And I don't know how it stops. And I'm wondering, maybe you could tell us, is there a pending Supreme Court case that could actually at least help get some sort of handle on these sanctuary cities? Because what I just saw there, unfortunately for me, this is the first time I felt like this is going to get a lot worse across the country, because people want to be agitated. They want to go against something. They want to go against Trump. And so now the ICE agents are going to be the ones that they go against. Yeah.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

And Trump has plenary power on the issue of immigration. He has a lot of latitude. I think he wins a lot of these court cases, Jesse. But I think to Dana's point, the Legislature needs to get around abolishing sanctuary cities because they're very dangerous. It is dangerous. When Trump has tried to bring down the temperature over and over, he's talked to Walls, we've seen progress, and then here comes Fry. We will not enforce federal immigration laws. It's like he hasn't been paying attention to the toning it down.

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah, sanctuary cities are unpopular. They're unpopular with independents and Democrats. And that's why the deal was cut, because Walz said, if you take out the Border Patrol, we'll hand over the bad hombres to you. And so he's kind of saying, we're going to kill the sanctuary city policy. And he had to give Trump something because he's under investigation. Two different cases for obstruction of ICE and Somali fraud. And so he is broke. He has to pay out of his own pocket for legal defense for the Somali fraud investigation. And now he's going around trying to raise money. He's like, it could be $10, $20, whatever. In 2024, he disclosed that he only has $75,000 in cash and savings, just a retainer for one of these high profile defense attorneys fighting Pam Bondi, 50 GS and they're going to be paying 1,000 to $2,000 an hour to fight a case that's going to go on for years. Not only that, the feds are also looking at OMAR, where the $30 million come from out of nowhere. They're looking at Keith Ellison, he's on tape. And they're looking at all this cash that's flowing out of Minneapolis's airport. And there's whistleblowers saying, we told you guys this. And what's going to happen, what happens in all of these federal cases is someone flips. They've already had people caught cold, doctoring evidence, backdating documents during the audit. And so they're going to point fingers at the big names. They're going to look at Omar, they're going to look at Keith, and their biggest name is Walls. So Trump has a lot of leverage, and he has so much leverage because he has the pardon power and he's not afraid to pardon a Democrat. And so Walz has to give him something. And those are going to be illegal aliens with criminal records or else this case against Walls is going to destroy him. It's going to destroy him, his family and his entire life savings. And to Dana's point, Bondi's now in there and she just swept up about three dozen of the leadership of the ICE Watch and hit him with federal charges and now has their bank accounts, and they cracked their communications. And. And cash is now following the money. And the money trail, some of it goes overseas to this donor, American, born in China. And he's been dodging subpoenas all over the place. And some of the money may be even wound up in Somalia. So if the Democrats think they're winning or Trump's retreating, it's only just begun.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Yeah. And Keith Ellison said he wants to operate on the Somali side of the equation. He's Attorney General for Minnesota, last time I checked. That's here. Look, Jessica, I wanted to bring some primary material for you. Tim Walls decided to lie. He said he works with ice. We don't let anyone out on the streets. But I brought some pictures from you for you of some of the guys that have been let out on the streets. This guy, his name is German homicide, negligent manslaughter. Not sure why he was let out. Edwin. Lewd or lascivious acts with a minor. Lenny. Sex offense against a child. These guys let out on the street. I think it's not value added when you release these guys on the street and don't work with Trump.

[Megan Alexander]

Absolutely. I have said this consistently from the beginning, that I think that you could take a lot of heat or attention off of your cities if you hand over the worst first, which is how this was supposed to go. The problem is, is that it hasn't been executed like that. And the idea that we are just going to move past what has unfolded over the last few weeks, including what happened to Renee Goode, getting three bullets in her, knowing that she was alive for eight minutes after that happened, but didn't receive medical care. Or what happened to Alex Price ready over the weekend and start talking again about how Democrats are the problem. And it's all of you guys organizing online and your vast conspiracy to make sure that all the bad hombres can stay here. We don't have bad hombres to stay here. We want regular hombres who may have entered illegally but are living good, productive lives in America, a lot of them with American children, to be able to stay. And also for American citizens to not be detained and also to not be shot. So since Donald Trump, quote, unquote, took down the temperature, a nice agent on video threatening. You raise your voice, I erase your voice. You have agents trying to get into the Ecuadorian Embassy because they think they can round up some illegals there that's illegal, based on international law, told by someone who works at the consulate Back up. He says, if you touch me, I'll grab you. Kyle Cheney at Politico has been tracking the cases of folks who have been detained. Found 2300 cases since July alone where the judge has ruled that ICE has illegally detained someone. And to. The argument about Donald Trump is in retreat. It is verifiable. If you look at what's happened with Greg Bevino, he's out. He sent back to his old post, maybe goes into early retirement. Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem are duking it out in the proverbial pages of Axios. She says, now, everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen, Katie Miller, Stephen Miller's wife, tweeting out a defense of him in there. He's vying to try to keep his job. She may get impeached. You have Thom Tillis and Lisa McCauley.

[Jesse Waters]

Miller's not going anywhere.

[Megan Alexander]

Well, he's concerned. Are you denying that? He is concerned about what's going. Because he's come out and saying that they have. I get you love him, the sexual matador. He is your type. But it is in Jessica. You're the one who said it.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

It was Jessica. There's a lot there. And I want to get to. Greg, I do have some ACLU reading material for you about all of Obama's violations, how his ICE acted. You can review that, Greg. Very not.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I'm very nice. What did you just do? Excuse me? Nothing you said matters.

[Jesse Waters]

None.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Every.

[Megan Alexander]

Welcome back, Greg.

[Greg Gutfeld]

No, everything you said does not matter because. No, no, it doesn't. Because everything you mentioned are the consequences of. Oh, you go ahead and. Scott, how did we get here? Pull back. How did we get here? An open border that let millions in and you guys didn't give two. That's crappy. So. Okay, all right, all right. We had dozens of deaths where you didn't say shit. Jocelyn Nungaree Lake and Riley. Rachel Morin, Molly Tibbets. I have a. I'm going to just do it because this is this. I can't believe that we're still talking about this. Here's three pages of women who have been murdered by illegal aliens in the last, like, seven or eight years. The seven or eight years that we've been here talking about this and mocked over it.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

We're.

[Greg Gutfeld]

When we showed the embassy that showed the border being overrun and people laughed at us, and now you're here. It's like you're the maid trying to clean up a mess and somebody there is staring at you. Going, you got to clean it up better. No, you made the mess. This is the Democrat Party's mess that we are trying to clean up. And you're saying, wow, these ICE agents are using terrible language. We don't care. I'm bored by this. I'm absolutely bored by this. I'm bored by the Nazi stuff. I'm bored by the concerned people in the media. They were not concerned when innocent women were raped and murdered. They didn't care about the 50 who died in when they were incarcerated under Obama. They didn't care about the 27 or 30 that were shot under Obama. But now they care. Now. You deserve no attention on this. You deserve no credibility on this. It's actually comical because here's my feeling. It seems like you're ready for another one. You had good. That went for a couple of weeks. You had this guy, went for a week or so. You're going to need a third one. This is what this is about, because this is what creates the motivation, the motivation for this drama, this drama that could have been prevented if you guys just listened to the sensible people. Why is it that the cities that aren't sanctuary aren't having any violence? Why is it that the rate of violence in what's the name of the city, Minneapolis, is five to seven times higher than cities that are three or four times larger? Why is that? You guys are always feigning this performative ignorance that you don't understand things. You never explain your own ignorance. Why is there so much violence in Minneapolis and not in Texas? Well, see, there are different people. There are people who, when they hear an awful crime, when Molly Tibbets is murdered, they think of their wife, they think of their kids, they think of their sister, they think of their mother. What do Democrats think about? There's a step before they even think about their family. They think, how does it affect my public Persona? How does it affect my potential politically? How do I deal with this so that I get instant gratification and empathy? We don't think like that. We don't care. You can call me a monster. That's saying all these people are getting deported. I don't care. I don't care about any of this performance anymore. Jessica, it's done. And you know what? Neither does Trump. People are voting for the law. They want the law. If you want to cry about murders and rapists, do it on your own time.

[Megan Alexander]

Just really quickly. A bunch of Democrats.

[Greg Gutfeld]

You didn't get enough chance since I've been gone, spewing this Nonsense. I'm now back to correct the record that people need to hear.

[Megan Alexander]

Okay, well, the record is that there were a bunch of Democrats that voted for the Lake and Riley act, so that matters. And the record also shows that people who are here illegally commit crime at much lower levels.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

I would also notice that those who voted for the Lake and Riley act are getting a lot of beef in their primaries. That just shows the center of the Democratic Party. All right, not dad, anywhere. First lady Melania Trump joins us right here at the table ahead of her film debut. And America is buzzing about it.

[Greg Gutfeld]

It's always better when we're together. Yeah, it's always better when we're together.

[Megan Alexander]

Hi, I'm Megan Alexander and this is Middle East Tomorrow.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Five years ago, the US Brought leaders.

[Megan Alexander]

From Israel, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain together to sign the Abraham Accords.

[Jessica Tarlov]

That historic day ignited a cross border movement of change makers who are joining.

[Megan Alexander]

Forces to reshape the region. Join me as I uncover the stories of the people transforming the Middle east today and tomorrow.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Go to partners.foxnews.com met. First lady Melania Trump ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange ahead of her silver screen debut. Melania hit theaters this Friday, taking us inside the 20 days leading up to her husband's inauguration. Rollerbuster on January 30th.

[Melania Trump]

Everyone wants to know.

[Greg Gutfeld]

So here it is, 20 days in her life.

[Melania Trump]

I will move forward with purpose and of course, with style.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Witness history in the making.

[Melania Trump]

I feel energized to serve the American people. Here we go again.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Don't put that on tape, please.

[Melania Trump]

Please do.

[Greg Gutfeld]

And Melania joins us now. I want to ask the first question and then we'll go around the table. Mrs. Trump, that's what you call her, Jesse.

[Jesse Waters]

I didn't know.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

So I haven't been briefed.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I look at your, I look at your, your life and that you probably never saw this trajectory coming. And it reminds me of my own marriage. When my, when my wife met me, I was just a magazine editor living in London and she had no idea where I was going to end up. And sometimes I think she wonders why or she does because she certainly doesn't care about my, my career as much as she should. Do you feel that way, too? Do you have, what's your relationship with the president, not knowing he was going to be president?

[Melania Trump]

Well, I always thought, you know, that one day he might go and run. And I always told him, if you do it, you will win because I knew how much people loved him. So and here we are again.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yeah.

[Greg Gutfeld]

So. Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

So he's running again.

[Greg Gutfeld]

So he's running again.

[Melania Trump]

Here we are again.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Jesse, do you have a question?

[Jesse Waters]

So the final 20 days, your husband was having a lot of fun. He was serving fries at the McDonald's. He was dressing up as the garbage man with the vest on and doing the ymca. When he's doing the ymca, he says, you don't like it. How do you feel?

[Melania Trump]

I like it at the certain times. Some days was not appropriate and I told him so. But it's his dance and I think people, people love it. People in sport all around the world, they dancing and it's a great atmosphere when he does so. Brings happiness and fun as well as serious as you need to be as well. So I, I think he's doing just fine.

[Jesse Waters]

You've never done the. Why have you?

[Melania Trump]

I did.

[Jesse Waters]

You did. Was that a little bit the inauguration night.

[Melania Trump]

Correct. Is different than his.

[Greg Gutfeld]

And it's so funny, Jessica. He is such a better dancer than Barack Hussein Obama.

[Megan Alexander]

When you put it that way. Yeah, I had noticed that. It's great to have you. Something struck me in the trailer. So the president is standing there and gets asked, you know, what will your legacy be? What's your focus for the second term? And he says, I want to be remembered as a peacemaker. And you added and unifier. And I'm curious as to what role you play in that or what your designs are for, how you can help facilitate that. Because there's no question that the country needs a lot of unifying at this moment.

[Melania Trump]

Yes, it does. But I think he's unifier. He's unifier not just here United States, but around the world. He, he stopped many wars and as well here in United States, it's a lot of opposition and that's the problem. Right. So the people not agreeing with everything what he does and you know, they just need to come on the same page and see that he wants to make America only safer and better.

[Jesse Waters]

Hear that, Jessica?

[Megan Alexander]

Well, Greg's been telling me that I don't know why I wanted to ask.

[Jessica Tarlov]

About the process of the movie. So you've written books and the last time we had a chance to see you, you had written a book, but you, you had a very hands on approach to this documentary and what was it like being a part of that, promoting that. Now you're promoting it, but you were also part of the production team.

[Melania Trump]

Well, I led the production and I had a great team around me and very talented director. But you know, that was My life. So whatever I did, the cameras were following me. So from morning till evening and everything what I needed to do, organizing, moving back to the White House, my family preparing for inauguration, my business, my philanthropy. So all in all, establishing the East Wing office, hiring people. So all you will see that in 20 days. So it's day to night. It's nothing that you do a double take because you cannot do that. We have so many people around. We have. Have Secret Service, and it's a big production, whatever you do. So one take and you go.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Was there any Secret Service agent who was, like, trying to get into this, get into the scene?

[Melania Trump]

No, they're very professional. Yeah.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Was there anything that was caught on camera that you wished hadn't?

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah. Tell us that right now on television.

[Melania Trump]

I will give a scoop out.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

So my whole family was so excited for you to be here and your kids kind of live this journey with you. And President Trump met my daughter Blake, when she's just a tiny little baby. And today she was asking about the first lady. So I showed her your picture. She thought you were a princess. My son Nash, who's 3 years old, looked at your picture and goes, whoa. So thank you for creating a movie. I can take them to. It's pg, so it's a family affair. But I'm wondering, because Barron's walk this journey with you through the first term, through the second term, now a movie. What was that like for him? What is it like for him now being in college?

[Melania Trump]

It's very different. You know, he's 19, almost 20 years old. I'm very proud of him. And he's incredible young man. He. He understands now he's involved. He know what's going on in the world. He talks with his dad, he talks with me. He was very involved in the campaign. He gave him all of the ideas, who he needs to talk to, all of YouTubers and, you know, podcasts. So he was really a smart mind behind it.

[Greg Gutfeld]

You mentioned the director was that. That's Brett Ratner. Now, how did that go? That he'd been. He hasn't been involved in movies in a couple of years. How did that. How was that relationship?

[Melania Trump]

Very good. He was very talented. I know that. And box offices could tell you, right, that he was very talented. And we had other suggestions and looking into it, and he was the one that he. I said, you know, the most important is that he puts out my idea, what I have and cinematic film that I want to achieve. So he was the best one, and he was great to work With.

[Jesse Waters]

Did the president get involved in any of the production or editing? Not at all.

[Melania Trump]

No. He saw the movie First Day on what, Saturday?

[Jesse Waters]

And he loved it.

[Melania Trump]

Loved it.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Can I ask a question? I've been dying to ask. Yes, but you're gonna think that it's kind of a. I mean, you all might think it's a kind of weird question, but I've always been curious. What is your favorite time of day? Like, are you a morning person? Late night favorite?

[Melania Trump]

It's morning, morning, very early morning, quiet. You get ready for the day. You go, you know, have a coffee and you start reading and organizing the day, checking all the emails, preparing for the day I like the best.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

I love, I would love to ask, you have just an accelerant on you in the second term. The Take It Down Act. You went to Capitol Hill, you got that pasture in the Rose Garden. Foster children. Fostering the future. I, I mean, what haven't you done? Diplomacy on the world stage with Vladimir Putin. And I heard you mention to Ainsley that you have more legislation coming out. I don't know if you want to preview that here or just say, you know, what's the difference?

[Melania Trump]

Not yet. I'm working and I think I will have a lot of support. Like, I had it with the previous one, so. But I'm working also reuniting more children.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Wow.

[Melania Trump]

I think we will have success still in talks, so that's exciting. That's for me, it's very satisfying because, you know, you're bringing children home.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Absolutely.

[Jesse Waters]

If you want to break any news at 8 o' clock Eastern, you can always come on.

[Melania Trump]

That's good.

[Jesse Waters]

Baron wants to come on.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

She's a morning person, so she could.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Come on America's newsroom.

[Megan Alexander]

What do you hope that people know about you that they didn't before from seeing the movie?

[Melania Trump]

I think in every scene they will see how I, how I work, who I am, how I communicate with people, and they will know me a little bit more. I know they know I'm very private person and a very selective person. What I do, what I don't do, when I talk, when I don't talk. And that's my choice. And nobody is in charge of me and I'm not charge of anybody else.

[Greg Gutfeld]

If this is a huge success, will there be a sequel?

[Melania Trump]

Oh, interesting.

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Melania with a vengeance. Melania from the White House.

[Melania Trump]

From the White House.

[Greg Gutfeld]

From the White House.

[Jessica Tarlov]

How about Mornings with Melania?

[Kayleigh McEnany]

I like that.

[Jesse Waters]

Stay tuned.

[Greg Gutfeld]

All right.

[Melania Trump]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Congratulations. Go check Out Melania this Friday. Coming, coming up next, Hollywood celebs melting down over ice.

[Melania Trump]

Yeah.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Drop your silver in.

[Megan Alexander]

This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for the 52 episode podcast series the Life of Jesus.

[Jesse Waters]

A listening experience that will provide hope.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Comfort and understanding of the greatest story ever told. Listen and follow [e-mail] or wherever you listen to podcasts.

[Jesse Waters]

Just what America needs. Hollywood liberals are speaking out against ice. Edward Norton, who was great in Fight Club, calling for an economic strike until they leave Minnesota. These are not normal times.

[Greg Gutfeld]

And it's like we have extrajudicial assaults on Americans and humans going on on a daily basis. Now I think we should be talking about a national general economic strike until this is over and stopped.

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah, that's some couch, Jessica.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Sure.

[Jesse Waters]

Economic strike, yes or no?

[Megan Alexander]

So this idea came from Scott Galloway, who I have a podcast with and it has picked up steam and is all over the place. And the argument for it is that it is a very normal thing that when you are trying to make your dissatisfaction heard, you boycott things or the. Well, we did that and you lost. So. But what's the big deal if the wealthiest American. So the economy is doing well for those at the top, not so much for those at the bottom. So if you cut down on your discretionary spending and you don't run out to get the new iPhone.

[Greg Gutfeld]

You first, Jessica. You first tell us what you're going to do. I want to hear what every one of these people do. Everything. They boycott.

[Jesse Waters]

What? I don't see why it's the economic boycott, Jessica, because it's hypocritical.

[Greg Gutfeld]

They know no one's gonna do what they say. So it's actually I'm kind of grateful when they make suggestions like this cuz it won't kill anybody. But remember that this, you're a pattern recognition machine. Human beings saw this with trans. They look, they an issue comes up, they look around, they see what's gonna help them, they latch onto it. Trans, the free Britney movement. And then when it all goes to hell, when Britney Spears is on Instagram holding knives, they've already left the building. They don't care when the kids are butchering themselves, they're already gone. When the open borders have turned into like 400 murders a year, they're gone. And then they have the balls to come and say, you know, you should really stop buying food for your children because of this. As if that will have an effect on the gdp. How stupid are these people and how Self satisfied and egocentric are they that they think. They think that we take them seriously. Scott Galloway lives in frickin London telling Americans to boycott. It's easy for you to say everything sucks in London.

[Jesse Waters]

I actually supported the freed Britney movement and I was wrong.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Everybody was.

[Jesse Waters]

I was wrong.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Except for Dagan McDowell.

[Jesse Waters]

She was right.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Sat here and said, you're going to.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Kill this, don't do it.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yep.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yeah. Kennedy too, maybe.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I don't remember.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Kennedy might have been on that. This anti ICE crusade thing reminds me a little bit of the anti Kavanaugh time because there were these character assassinations. Right. So for Kavanaugh, just stay with me. Yesterday there was this big blow up over a shooting down at the border in Arizona and there was not a. It was very upsetting for some people because there was an ICE involved shooting that killed somebody. But nobody followed up with the headline or the tweets that noted it was a human trafficker and the human trafficker fired at ICE first.

[Megan Alexander]

I did not bring it up.

[Greg Gutfeld]

The human trafficker had died.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Anyway, I'm not for the boycott, but also it's just so performative for Hollywood and this always happens around awards season. They have to figure out a way. Wasn't it Anne Hathaway who was crying her eyes out on Instagram yesterday?

[Jesse Waters]

I mean, you know, a lot of performance, I never noticed. You're right, it does happen around award season.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

It does. Always. I just want to address the point that Jessica made about not doing well in this economy. It is a fact that you are doing better in the Trump economy than the Biden economy. Compare the two. When you compare it, you see the 30 year mortgage rate is below 6% for the first time in years. You see inflation 2.7% down a 70% from the Biden era high to 50 or less is the gas price in most states. And GDP in the third quarter was 4.4%.8% was GDP growth in the first quarter of 2024. That was when Biden was president. You are doing better today. Is there more work to be done? Absolutely. You are doing better under Trump than Biden and the best is yet to come.

[Jesse Waters]

The best is yet. Where have I heard that before I stole it. Up next, watch out democrats. RFK Jr and his army of Maha mommies.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yes.

[Jesse Waters]

Are coming for the midterms.

[Jessica Tarlov]

So could RFK Jr and his army of Maha moms be the secret sauce for a Republican upset? Politico and the Hill writing that some Dems are worried that Wild Card Kennedy could sway voters thanks to popular moves like removing, removing synthetic dyes from foods, Kennedy is traveling the country ahead of this year's elections and pitching his new campaign to take back Americans health. And I just want to say I was looking at Instagram. It might not have been Anne Hathaway, who was fine apparently. It might not have been.

[Greg Gutfeld]

It was Mrs. Hathaway.

[Jessica Tarlov]

It was the other Hathaway from Beverly Hillbillies. The other Hathaway. Sorry about that. I don't know if this is a real thing that people feel about the midterms, Kaylee, but maybe I'm wrong.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

No, I agree with your hesitation there. I mean, look, it is popular. I saw KFF 8 and 10 don't want synthetic dyes and food. You know, I think there is broad agreement on this food idea from Democrats and Republicans. But the idea that it's a wedge issue like the trans issue, which did move the electorate by almost 3 percentage points, I think it's a big issue. I think you should talk about it in the midterms. But I'm not sure it's the issue that moves the electorate.

[Jessica Tarlov]

But he is going to be out there campaigning, Jessica. He's going to go out and talk about, I mean, we'll wait and see what his stump speech is like. But he's committed to trying to help President Trump keep the House and the Senate in the midterms.

[Megan Alexander]

Yeah, it's a mixed bag. Listen, I know a lot of moms in particular that were persuaded by this and saying like, why haven't we been talking about this? They're like, we think about this all the time and the Democrats need to talk about it more. There were a couple synthetic dyes that were actually banned under the Biden administration. Like we could all do this. But if he's out on the campaign trail, the anti vax stuff is going to be the major talking point. Or telling pregnant women that they can't have Tylenol when, when they're pregnant. Which is absolutely not true, unfounded. And I think that he's more of a liability in that direction than a positive in the synthetic dyes.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Maybe he'll challenge women to a push up contest. Pull up contest.

[Jesse Waters]

Well, exercise does cure depression. Jessica has been bullying me and this morning I did a bunch of pull ups and I felt much better. And that is a scientific fact. He is the most popular member of the cabinet. He is the most second popular politician in the country. He is more popular than aoc, Gavin Newsom, Joe Biden. You have to deploy this guy. No second to Trump. Trump's number one talking favorability. Jessica, I'm surprised you don't know your own polling. But what he's done is he's on Michelle Obama, the school lunch program. You can actually have meet on Mondays now. He did the food dye phase out. He took away the candy and the soda pop. I said soda pop from food stamps. The baby formula, which I'm sure you support. Jessica, it's not any more of that, like liquid. I'm not going to go there. And no COVID vaccine for toddlers. I don't see how that's controversial. This guy is a weapon. Deploy him.

[Jessica Tarlov]

And he said soda pop, but nothing about corn pop.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I miss corn pop. Remember those days? I think, you know, we talked about Internet dads. It is time for the like, I think the moms have kind of been a little slow to what's been going on around this world. The moms weren't, you know, they were. They kind of missed on the trans stuff. They missed on the health and food stuff. The woke capitalized on empathy, but it was empathy without rules or facts. And now we gotta get the moms back in the picture to show you that you can't have empathy but with responsibility and for the right people. That means for, you know, young women and people and victims as opposed to the people who victimize. That's what I think. Jessica.

[Megan Alexander]

Beautiful.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Beautiful. Wow.

[Jesse Waters]

She really won her over.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

All right, we will wrap that one up.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Up next, why on earth does Martha Stewart shower before the gym?

[Greg Gutfeld]

I got too much pride to let that happen again. So this is where it ends. So easy to fall in love. So come give me a call.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Welcome back.

[Megan Alexander]

84 year old Martha Stewart has a quirky gym habit. Watch this.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

You're showering before the gym.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Oh, gosh, yes.

[Jesse Waters]

I would never go to the gym without showering.

[Greg Gutfeld]

And I look really good. I have to because there's men in the gym.

[Megan Alexander]

Dana. There are men in the gym. But showering before a workout, I'm for this.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Of course. I'm not gonna say which equinox I go to. Okay. But let's just say if you're going to an equinox in New York City, downtown, people are looking good. Okay.

[Megan Alexander]

It's crazy.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

So you can't.

[Jessica Tarlov]

You could choose to go to the gym looking like. However, whatever, I don't care. But I think about it a little bit before I head there. Of course, I've been in hair and makeup in the morning, so it's a little bit helpful.

[Megan Alexander]

That does help.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I'm Not a glam squad.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

I think.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I think she's making the right decision, Greg.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Well, she's halfway there. I actually shower during the workout. So what I will do is I will bring in some hand weights. I usually bring in two sets, 20s and 25s. I get into the stall, I'm completely naked and I just do curls. Every now and then I'll ask for a spot, but I know that makes people self conscious.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Wow. I cannot get that image out of my head, Greg.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Well, that's because I shot your phone.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yes.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Oh, gosh. Photos. Yikes. I'm not gonna check my phone. I don't shower before going to my peloton, However. I love that she does this. And I've gotta say, I love Martha Stewart. Obsessed with her. 81 years old. Sports Illustrated.

[Megan Alexander]

84.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

84. Oh, my gosh. But she was 81, I think when she did the Sports Illustrated cover. I could be wrong on that. She's amazing. Watch the Martha documentary. James Comey tried to prosecute her and did, and that's terrible.

[Greg Gutfeld]

But Comey made his name off her.

[Jesse Waters]

That's right.

[Megan Alexander]

Jesse, what is your take on the showering before getting sweaty?

[Jesse Waters]

So we used to belong to that equinox downtown, and it's a hot equinox, and Emma used to go and she used to shower beforehand and then she used to put makeup on, and I was like, whoa, babe. And so then I started showering and looking good and, you know, blow drying my hair so I look good. And they'd be like, what, do you have a trainer? Why are you looking so good? And I started getting a little jealous. So then I would work out and then I would keep my eye on her from across the room to see who she was talking to and she was doing and if she was flirting with anybody and. And then I went to the shower with Greg and started lifting.

[Megan Alexander]

And then you moved her out to the suburbs so she could.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

No more gyms.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Home gym.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Home gym.

[Megan Alexander]

We love you, Emma. Good luck. One more thing's up next and we'll.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Never be right.

[Melania Trump]

It'S the one in.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Our blood that kind of loves to stay for us.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

You said Pipe down, Jesse. It's time now for one more thing. Greg.

[Greg Gutfeld]

All right. Tonight. Oh, yeah. Got a show. Kennedy, Joe, Maggie, Guy, Benson, Tyrus. That's tonight. And now it's time for Greg Sexy Seal News. Oh, roll it. You know what this seal's name is? Tongass. T O N G A S S. Are you sure that's not true? I'm Telling you. Look, Dana, verify tongus. He's a male harbor seal at the Oregon Zoo. You know, he rolls in the water to regulate his body temperature and also it helps him groom. And he loves to play. You know what they call this, Haley? They call it rafting and bottling.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

What a sexy beast.

[Greg Gutfeld]

It really is quite sexy.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

All right, Jesse, we're going to go.

[Jesse Waters]

Around the world continuing with our cultural festivities. Let's take it all the way to the uk. These are Vikings torchbearers. It's just a remote Scottish island in the middle of nowhere. It's an old fire festival. Lerwick is the town and the Shetland Larrack is the town in the Shetland Islands. They culminate in the burning of a Viking style galley. It goes all the way back to the 1880s. You know Greg's birthday tonight. Jesse Waters, Primetime, Kayleigh McEnany, Christopher Ruffo, Alex Clark and Lydia Moynihan.

[Greg Gutfeld]

8:00Pm can't wait.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

Dana.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Well, let's keep it in the UK because a two year old from Manchester has been crowned a true master of snooker. Now that's a variation of pool. His name is Jude Owens. He's won two Guinness world records for being the youngest person to master two very difficult snooker shots.

[Greg Gutfeld]

This is so Manchester.

[Jessica Tarlov]

And yes, Manchester.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

But look at that.

[Jesse Waters]

When your dad hangs out at the pub all day.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yes.

[Kayleigh McEnany]

All right, well, Jessica generously offered to let me go next. So Saturday in America, 10:00am Eastern Time. Don't miss it. My exclusive interview with Cash Patel. Of course, you know I'm FBI director, so he joins me Saturday, 10:00am Join that. And then, by the way, Tampa won't be tuning in, sadly, my hometown, because guess what it is. Gasparilla. This is amazing. It's like the Vikings, right? Except we go out with our pirate ships. Everyone dresses like pirates. My sister's gonna be there, my dad, my mom. It's an invasion. Four and a half mile parade, 100 floats. They usually arrest the mayor, so we'll see if that happens.

[Megan Alexander]

Okay. Very cute. Industrious. This family in Ossining, New York turned an old mattress into a makeshift snow plow, dragging it along. But their dog Tucker had other plans. He hitched a ride and took a nap instead.

[Jesse Waters]

They should have put tongass on the.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Mattress with the dog.

[Greg Gutfeld]

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