It’s Affordability, Stupid!

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Five – “It’s Affordability, Stupid!”

Date: February 27, 2026
Host: Shannon Bream
Co-Hosts: Greg Gutfeld, Joey Jones, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Watters

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Overview: Main Theme and Purpose

This episode of “The Five” centers on the theme of affordability in America—focusing on the economy, energy policy, and the political messaging wars as the 2026 midterms approach. The hosts dissect President Trump’s latest media stunts and policy pushes, analyze the Democrats’ response (or lack thereof), and explore the escalating hot-button controversies, including the ongoing Clinton-Epstein investigations and cultural flashpoints in sports and society. True to “The Five,” the tone is lively, combative, and often humorous, blending partisan debate with moments of levity and candid takes on current events.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Trump’s 'Affordability' Messaging and Texas Stunt

• Visual Spectacle: President Trump appears in Corpus Christi, TX, promoting his affordability message by posing next to a seized Venezuelan oil tanker.
  • “He’s already hit the trail talking about low gas prices.” – Jesse Watters [03:04]
• Republican Messaging Strengths: Trump’s proactive stance is contrasted with Democrats “caught up in the Epstein stuff” and struggling to define their message.
  • “What are the Democrats doing? They’re at a retreat trying to figure out what to tell voters, what they believe in...” – Jesse Watters [03:40]

2. Market Performance and Economic Perceptions

• Stock Market Data: Despite strong numbers (+14.5% S&P since Trump took office per AI lookup), public sentiment is not universally positive.
  • “People aren’t feeling it, but the White House is telling people... good things happening... markets reflect that, and gas prices are coming down.” – Shannon Bream [05:51]
• Comparison and Skepticism: Jesse Watters doubts the U.S. outpaces other nations, sparking debate on the fairness and utility of such international comparisons.
  • “Our market is doing great, but... not compared to these other countries.” – Jesse Watters [09:10]
  • “You’re comparing apples to oranges. You don’t compare the United States to even Canada...” – Greg Gutfeld [09:19]

3. Democrat Messaging Woes and Internal Friction

• House Dems’ Retreat: The hosts chide Democrats as rudderless and obsessed with attacking Trump at the cost of actionable policy.
  • “They are still trying to hammer out what the party’s main message will be...beyond the usual anti-President Trump rhetoric.” – Shannon Bream [01:33]
• Lack of Bipartisan Leadership: Joey Jones criticizes the GOP for failing to showcase legislative wins and relying too much on Trump.
  • “There should be more prolific figures within the House and the Senate selling the good things that they’ve done...” – Joey Jones [04:32]

4. Energy Policy Debate: Oil vs. Renewables

• Trump and Oil: Trump’s use of Venezuelan oil is portrayed as clever, while critics point to the real success of Texas being from renewable energy.
  • “Energy prices in Texas have not increased...because of renewables...Trump has cut, I think 223 of them in the latest slashing...” – Jesse Watters [07:40]
• Partisan Spin on Economic Wins: Gutfeld argues Democrats portray any Trump success as a catastrophe, warping public perception.
  • “They signal great news by pretending it’s bad...American people can assess the value of Trump’s policies based on your extreme reaction.” – Greg Gutfeld [09:19]

5. Clinton-Epstein Developments and Oversight Fights

• Bill and Hillary Clinton: The hosts analyze Bill Clinton’s deposition regarding Epstein, skepticism over accountability, and bipartisan interest in the investigation.
  • “It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and ... Pizzagate...” – Hillary Clinton via Shannon Bream [14:24]
• Skepticism and Scandal Fatigue: Greg Gutfeld weighs media sensationalism versus the pursuit of genuine evidence.
  • “Whenever there is societal anxiety and media sensationalism...it’s perfect turf for unstable people and motivating grifters.” – Greg Gutfeld [15:00]
• Calls for Consistency:
  • “If you say these are super old pictures, they predate this and that, there’s nothing to it, then do you apply the same standard to President Trump?” – Shannon Bream [17:13]

6. Locker Room Banter and Megan Rapinoe Controversy

• Outrage Culture: Megan Rapinoe calls out the men’s hockey team for political co-opting, triggering debate on outrage and hypocrisy in sports.
  • “We’ve entered that phase where outsiders feel compelled to white knight for other people who don’t need to be white knighted.” – Greg Gutfeld [25:27]
• Sports, Politics, and Division: Joey Jones pivots, noting how “locker room banter” has evolved and sends up Rapinoe for internal team division.
  • “Nobody has been more divisive and more toxic in the locker room.... She split her own locker room.” – Joey Jones [30:07]

7. Cultural and Lighthearted Segments

• Airport Lounges vs. Bars: Reflecting on the democratization of travel, old rituals, and bar culture in the airport.
  • “I like going [to the airport bar]...maybe get some beer battered onion rings, some salty nuts, start talking about the game to the guy sitting next to you...” – Jessica Tarlov [31:44]
• Most Foolish Purchases: The hosts share amusing anecdotes about regretted purchases.
  • “Greg, your book. So bad. I could have gotten it for free.” – Jessica Tarlov [35:37]
• Words You Hate: From “moist” to “kerfuffle," cast members reveal their most cringeworthy words.
• One More Thing: Plugs for books, movies (“The Hail Mary”), global oddities (Japan’s mud wrestling festival), and jokes about biblical plagues.

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

Trump and the GOP’s Strong Visuals

• “You’ve got to go big when you’re in Texas. So 47 is standing next to a giant...Venezuelan oil tanker stacked to the brim with...his daring mission to capture Nicolas Maduro.” – Shannon Bream [00:44]

On the Democrats’ Retreat

• “You guys look really, really bad. 26 million Americans saw Donald Trump tag Pelosi as an insider traitor. 26 million Americans saw two hysterical Muslim ladies screaming at the top of their lungs at the President...” – Jesse Watters [03:15]

Economic Data Reality Check

• “Since President Trump has taken office, the S&P 500 is up 14.5%, the Dow up 10.8%, Nasdaq up 15.1%. So people aren’t feeling it, but the White House is telling people...” – Shannon Bream [05:51]

On Scandals and Accountability

• “Whenever something...When there is societal anxiety and media sensationalism, plus flawed investigation, it’s perfect turf for unstable people and motivating grifters.” – Greg Gutfeld [15:00]

Locker Room Banter Evolution

• “Think about how far this man's locker room banter has come. Think about where we started and where we are. That's something to celebrate.” – Joey Jones [29:33]

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Important Timestamps for Key Segments

• [00:44]: Trump and the Venezuelan oil tanker visual
• [03:04]: Jesse Watters on Democrat retreat and messaging
• [05:51]: Market data update; “People aren’t feeling it...”
• [07:40]: Jesse on Texas energy mix and renewables
• [09:19]: Greg Gutfeld’s “apples to oranges” analysis
• [14:24]: Hillary Clinton on being deposed about Epstein
• [15:00]: Gutfeld skepticism on scandal media cycles
• [25:27]: Gutfeld on ‘white knighting’ and outrage
• [31:44]: Jessica Tarlov recalls airport bar culture
• [35:37]: Most foolish thing they ever bought—including Greg’s book

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Summary Flow and Tone

The episode delivers a rapid-fire blend of snark, wit, and pointed commentary with each co-host amplifying their ideological standpoint. Greg Gutfeld leverages humor and exaggeration, Joey Jones offers a veteran’s no-nonsense perspective, Jessica Tarlov brings Democratic counterpoints and pop culture references, and Jesse Watters plays the everyman provocateur. Their debates weave seamlessly between hot political topics and lighter banter, making complex issues both accessible and engaging.

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This summary brings you the heart of “It’s Affordability, Stupid!”—from the serious dissection of economic and political messaging to the lighter, personality-driven exchanges that keep “The Five” uniquely entertaining.

Transcript

[Greg Gutfeld]

Foreign.

[Shannon Bream]

Hello, everyone. I'm Shannon Bream along with Joey Jones, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Waters. They're already fighting. And Greg Gutfeld. It is the five and it's five o' clock in New York City. Okay, You are looking live. President Trump is in Corpus Christ Christie, Texas. He's trying to get out his affordability message out to voters out there. And you got to go big when you're in Texas. So 47 is standing next to a giant recently seized Venezuelan oil tanker stacked to the brim with the fruits of his daring mission to capture Nicolas Maduro. A million barrels of oil, we're told. Now he's got a plan. He says we'll keep energy costs down. Key part of the President's affordability pitch. Here is the President just moments ago.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Is everybody having a good time?

[Jessica Tarlov]

You know how big this is?

[Greg Gutfeld]

Millions and millions of barrels of oil are pouring right in here. It's a great thing, no? The relationship with Venezuela has been amazing. Come here.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Do you want to see something nice?

[Joey Jones]

Come here.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Look at that.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Right out of Venezuela. Goodbye, everybody.

[Shannon Bream]

And speaking of the economy, a CNBC anchor shocking the ladies of the View when she told them the President Trump, she says pretty good for the markets.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I do want to ask you about

[Greg Gutfeld]

the market because it's, it seems that the market doesn't really pay attention to who is president. The market does what it does.

[Shannon Bream]

Actually.

[Jesse Waters]

The market likes who's president, I think. Really interesting.

[Shannon Bream]

There's a lot of upbeat sentiment from companies and from investors about policies that are helpful for growth, you know, deregulation. Meanwhile, House Democrats are at a retreat in Virginia. They are still trying to hammer out what the party's main message will be this November. Beyond the usual anti President Trump rhetoric like this, we've had Democratic presidents, Republican presidents, they've all been patriots until now. We have to win this race.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Good news is temporary. That's just three years.

[Greg Gutfeld]

And the presidency as we know it will de facto end this November when

[Jessica Tarlov]

we get the gavel back and Speaker

[Greg Gutfeld]

Jefferies becomes the next speaker.

[Jessica Tarlov]

We're seeing dramatic increases in expenditures on detention centers. We're building a not small army now that's going to be policing American streets.

[Shannon Bream]

Jesse, there's a lot to unpack there, but I will say President Trump knows how to produce a TV appearance. He's there on the ground in Texas, but man, the visual of the tanker says something.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yeah, I like tankers. Take a step back. Donald Trump gave the best state of the union of his life. He's already come out with an ad showing Democrats not standing up for Americans and he's already hit the trail talking about low gas prices. What are the Democrats doing? They're at a retreat trying to figure out what to tell voters, what they believe in. They're all caught up in the Epstein stuff. And what is this day? Five of them attacking men for laughing at a joke. I'm not saying, Jessica, there would be a red wave. I would never say anything like that. But you guys look really, really bad. 26 million Americans saw Donald Trump tag Pelosi as an insider traitor. 26 million Americans saw two hysterical Muslim ladies screaming at the top of their lungs at the President of the United States. And then afterwards, in all the wrap up shows, it was a bunch of CNN hosts saying, democrats, why didn't you guys stand up for like widows and war heroes and angel moms? And if, look at your phone today. What are the headlines if you're just a casual glancer? Oh, sex trafficking and the Clintons mortgage rates finally in the fives. That's a big psychological number. The top two Democrat candidates right now for the presidency are both on book tours, boring us. And the only guy who's doing anything good on your side is Mandani. He's actually working stuff. He's working magic. He's at the White House with Trump. He's getting Trump to rebuild an entire neighborhood here in New York City where they're going to lower rent and create a lot of jobs. So I'd say it's a very good week for President Trump and a very good week for Democrats working with President Trump.

[Shannon Bream]

Well, and for those Democrats who are at this retreat, what you do, you're figuring out messaging and doing that kind of thing. The House Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, says he's predicting an extinction level event in the midterms for Republicans. Joey?

[Joey Jones]

I don't know. I guess they could, they could go extinct themselves. They could sit around and not brag on what they've accomplished, what President Trump's accomplished. I don't think House Republicans have really made the case on why they should, should be reelected. Not saying they're doing a bad job, but they're not a great messenger. I hate the fact that it all goes on. President Trump's back. He's out raising the money, he's out doing the endorsements. He's also trying to keep us out of wars, trying to keep the country going. There should be more prolific figures within the House and the Senate selling the good things that they've done, whether it Be the big beautiful bill or, you know, maybe, I don't know, get the SAVE act passed and go sell that. I think Americans would be happy about that. It really is a race to the bottom sometimes. I mean, when the Democrats show up to the State of the Union and like Jesse just said, you can't stand up and cheer for someone who saved lives. You yell and scream at the president. Absolutely. When Marjorie Taylor Greene did it, it was off putting. I didn't like it. I didn't like it at all. But in this moment, he's presenting two Medals of Honor. He's talking about families whose. Whose most prized possession, the most vulnerable part of their family, was killed by someone that was here illegally. You don't have to like it. I mean, I hate to say it, but Letterman says it best. He's like, listen, we don't have to be stupid about it. We can actually do what the American people want us to on policy that he believes and still be normal people. I just don't think there are enough of them left.

[Shannon Bream]

Yeah, the bipartisanship is pretty rare in Washington, I would say. Back to this issue, though, of the markets and how they're doing. I did ask the artificial intelligence of the world to go back and crunch all the numbers. They said since President Trump has taken office, the s and P 500 is up 14.5%, the Dow up 10.8%, Nasdaq up 15.1%. So people aren't feeling it, but the White House is telling people, and they're out there messaging the president, saying, you're going to feel it. There are good things happening. The markets reflect that, and gas prices are coming down, etcetera, etcetera.

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah. The 2024 election was about a feeling that Donald Trump was going to change course. And the first year of the Trump presidency has not accomplished that, which is why his numbers are in the toilet in every single category. Our market has done well, but compared to other industrialized countries, we actually haven't done as well as they have. I think we're number 21 of 23 countries. Saw that chart flying around online. And Donald Trump is in Texas today because the GOP is in trouble. He should not have to be going to safe districts and safe states. But it's not because of this John Cornyn, Ken Paxton fight, which is ugly. And Wesley Hunt as well. You should check out John Cornyn's ad about Ken Paxton, about his corruption and all his affairs as a man getting divorced on biblical grounds, which feels very Texas values to me. And no One who's spoken before me has mentioned anything about the reality on the ground for Texans. So the median income in Texas is just below $74,000 a year. It's 81,000 for the nation. They paid $1200 last year for Trump's tariffs per family. US farms are going bankrupt across the country. 15,000 in the last year. The biggest decline was in Texas. Snap benefits are going to go away for 1.5 million. Why don't.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Why is everybody moving to Texas?

[Jesse Waters]

And they're all bad people who did go are going back from once they came without the ACA subsidies extension. Just want to start 3.7 million Texans after they vote double. It's all very funny. And on the energy front, energy prices in Texas have not increased the level in other states because of renewables, because of clean energy projects. And Donald Trump has cut, I think 223 of them in the latest slashing from October, 7.5 billion out of there. So he's going to go in and he's going to say, drill, baby, drill. And he's going to hold up the Venezuelan oil, which, by the way, he might just be profiting straight into his own bank account from when. Renewable energy is the energy of the future. Doesn't mean you can't have a nuclear plant. Doesn't mean you shouldn't be drilling. But we know that clean energy is keeping prices down where it is and on a national scale, obviously electricity costs are up.

[Shannon Bream]

Well, Greg, this is just one part of what the President saying, because, listen, wage growth is outpacing inflation. It takes time to come back from nine points of. Yeah, I mean, and a couple of years of a really tough time, you don't turn that around on a dime. And he says, listen, look at the data we have. And it's moving in the right direction.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Texas is doing so badly that Apple is building their, Google is building their. Abbott is investing billions together. It's like a trillion dollars in investments. Texas must suck. But I am glad that you admitted you found that chart floating around online. I'll just compare to other countries. That's the whole point. You can't compare the United States to other countries. We're the most powerful country with the law.

[Jesse Waters]

Our market should be doing worse.

[Greg Gutfeld]

No, our market is doing great, but

[Jesse Waters]

it's not compared to these other countries and it's not floating around. Just go look at Justin Wolfer's Twitter page. I'll put up my mind again, Justin, because that's where the chart. And he's an economist.

[Greg Gutfeld]

He's a terrible economist. You don't know if you. You're comparing, and I hate to. I'm going to coin a phrase. You're comparing apples to oranges. You don't compare the United States to even Canada that we know this. Okay? The problem with the Dems is that they signal great news by pretending it's bad. You know, because Trump is doing good and that helps the country. But it's also bad for the Democrat Party. They will portray great things as awful. And American people are now trained by this. When they see Rose, bunch of people, you know, expressing profound misery, they think there's something good here because we've learned. What do Dems already define as bad? A closed border, cutting taxes, cash bail, prosecuting criminals, keeping men out of women's bathrooms. These were things that you guys all said was terrible. So American people can assess the value of Trump's policies based on your extreme reaction. If something's really bad, it's good. If something is existentially dangerous, it's great. It's like when your wife criticizes the looks of a female acquaintance. You just know she's hot. You don't even have to see her. You just go, there's a reaction here that is. You know, the thing about Venezuela. Trump took a thorn in our side and turned it into an ally that fuels our energy and lowers energy costs. You could not solve that problem any better. If the Dems were around. Hell with Kamala had won. Think about it. Maduro would still be sending gangs to our shores and drugs to our shores. Instead, we got barrel. We got barrels of oil. Democrats need to come up with a real sincere agenda. But to do that, they need an intervention. This is what. What frustrates me about this show is if they actually listened to us, they would be in a better position.

[Jesse Waters]

Well, everyone but me, I guess.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah, exactly. No, you give. No, you're. You're fighting for your side, which is what you're supposed to do. But we sit here and the amount of advice that we've given. If they just took 10% of it, what have they listened to us the last four years? Over the murder, over crime, over trans. They would have had a different candidate. They would add a different outcome, but they didn't.

[Shannon Bream]

Great.

[Greg Gutfeld]

So we can talk about this all we want.

[Jesse Waters]

By the way.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I just can't wait to see Jessica's new chart. Can I see this?

[Greg Gutfeld]

Justin Wool drift. We're going to Jason Will.

[Jesse Waters]

By the way, the amount of people that actually have expertise and things that you guys love to make fun of is nauseating.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah, you guys are really good, by the way.

[Shannon Bream]

I would just say just a great guy.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Can't even define a women. You can't define a woman. You don't know anything about the economy. If you define a woman literally given

[Jesse Waters]

birth out of my body, I know exactly what a woman is.

[Greg Gutfeld]

You are a person with.

[Shannon Bream]

All right, we got to go. I'm told. But, Greg, by the way, if your wife ever says someone's not cute, you're just like, what's the right?

[Greg Gutfeld]

You have to agree.

[Shannon Bream]

Right.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Compared to you, I didn't even notice.

[Shannon Bream]

Compared to you. Right. I didn't even notice. Even better. You guys are so well trained. Okay, right now, former President Bill Clinton getting grilled about his potential ties to Jeffrey Epstein. After Hillary Clinton basically threw him under the bus. Is she finally getting revenge? What's up next?

[Jesse Waters]

This is Ainsley Earhart.

[Shannon Bream]

Thank you for joining me for the 52 episode podcast series the Life of

[Jessica Tarlov]

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[Greg Gutfeld]

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[Jessica Tarlov]

I don't like seeing them deposed, but,

[Greg Gutfeld]

you know, they certainly went after me a lot more than that. I don't know anything about the Epstein files. You know, I've been fully exonerated. Yep.

[Joey Jones]

Yeah. That was President Trump sounding off as former President Bill Clinton sits for his closed door deposition about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It's happening right now in Chappaqua, N.Y. the House Oversight Committee wants to get to the bottom of Bubba's dealings with the notorious pedophile in those creepy pictures we've all seen of him in a hot tub lounged with Galene Maxwell. President Clinton has acknowledged flying on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane, but he maintains he did not know anything about Epstein's criminal activities. In a statement today, Clinton went even further, saying, quote, as someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plain, if I had any inkling of what he was doing, I would have turned him in myself. Yesterday the committee interviewed his wife for over six hours. Republicans say there was at least a dozen times when she deferred to their questions to her husband. And according to Nancy Mace, Hillary was, quote, unhinged. But the former Secretary of State says there is nothing to see here.

[Shannon Bream]

I answered every one of their questions as fully as I could based on what I knew. And what I knew is what I said in my statement this morning. I never met Jeffrey Epstein, never had

[Greg Gutfeld]

any

[Shannon Bream]

connection or communication with him. It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate. I thought it was very repetitive. I thought that they asked literally the same questions over and over again.

[Joey Jones]

You know, Greg, I feel like if they ask the same questions over and over again, maybe that's because they weren't getting an answer.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Well, I love lawyers getting lawyered.

[Joey Jones]

Yeah.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Welcome to the club. This is what you do to everybody. If you've ever been deposed or watched any of these hearings, you see that going around. I want full transparency, but at the same time, I'm skeptic of any high volume allegations and I bend that way. I'll listen to. I mentioned it before, the satanic preschool scare of the 1980s, where they said daycare centers were abusing children with satanic rituals. That was an explosion. I was skeptical of the exponential rise of the non binary identification and trans women doubled and tripled and quadrupled in size. I was skeptical of the explosion of hate crimes. Many of them turned out to be hate crime hoaxes. I was skeptical of some of the MeToo accusations that turned out to be false. Because whenever something. When there is societal anxiety and media sensationalism, plus flawed investigation, it's perfect turf for unstable people and motivating grifters. So you're going to have real stuff and you're going to have unreal stuff together. So it could be that like Bill Clinton is a sleazeball. Probably. Did he take advantage of women? I don't have.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Probably.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Did he take part in an international pedophile ring? I'm not gonna go there. The problem with the Epstein scandal, it's like a box of tangled up wires. Some of the wires are real, some aren't, but they're tangled up. And it may take forever to untangle them. But it's fun. It could go on forever untangling them. And there are people that get sustenance from this. But you just have to remember that if all those things that I mentioned, you agreed with me on. You have to supply intellectual rigor to evidence because it seems like the media isn't.

[Joey Jones]

You're not wrong.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Thank you, Joey.

[Joey Jones]

I agree, Shannon, on that topic. Our House Republicans kind of taking the bait a little bit, bringing in the Clintons as opposed to interviewing the interviewers and maybe investigating the investigation.

[Shannon Bream]

Yeah, I mean, they did a good job in getting documents from the Epstein estates that we hadn't seen before. So it seems like oversight has kind of their own lane that they're trying to go down. They know the Clinton is going to get a lot of headlines. And it's a rare, interesting, bipartisan thing to me that you don't see very much in Washington. Remember, there's a sweeping letter from the Clintons a few weeks ago, like, we're drawing the line in the sand. America stands for one thing, and that's freedom. And we will go no further until Democrats on the panel also voted to hold them in contempt, along with Republicans, like, okay, we're going to show up today. So there is some progress here. Whether Hillary was any kind of productive witness for them, I doubt. But, you know, I think all of us who remember I'm that old, when President Clinton stood there and said, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, we take a lot of what he says with a grain of salt. And I think, you know, Greg's right. You got to look for evidence. And if you say these are super old pictures, they predate this and that, there's nothing to it, then do you apply the same standard to President Trump? I mean, I think you just have to be consistent.

[Joey Jones]

Jesse, if we're talking about consistency, he did stand in front of a camera or sit in front of a camera and say, I did not have sexual relations with that woman. That turned out to be pretty false. Today, he. CNN's reporting today, he said he did not have sex with a woman in the Jacuzzi and he doesn't know who she is.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Okay, listen, there's no evidence that Bill Clinton committed any crimes, but he's got vulnerabilities. One of them is reputational. Virginia Giuffre said she saw him on the island.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Said she saw him on the island with two young girls. Now, I don't know if these are minors or they're 18. What? That's just what she said. He denies it. I don't know what happened.

[Greg Gutfeld]

She's a discredited person. I know she's dead, but she's discredited.

[Jessica Tarlov]

So she's.

[Greg Gutfeld]

And I'm not crazy about Bill Clinton. I'm just saying.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Right, right. It's a he said, she said. And also, he has been at the White House 17 times, and he's been on the plane 17 times. He's getting massages. He's in the hot tub. It's not a great look. Okay, it's not a great look. And even after the conviction, he's still palling around with Ghislaine, who everybody knew was A recruiter who everybody knew was fighting off civil suits from women. And so it's bad. Look, the other problem he has is espionage. And this is where the committee is focused in on, because it looks like this was a blackmail operation and it was being run through Israel, and Epstein was moonlighting solo to make a little cash on the side. And Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Leon Black, Les Wexner, the British royal family are now all exposed. So my question is, this is a nightmare for the US Government. What kind of counterintelligence operation are we running when we're just letting this guy blackmail some of the wealthiest, most influential members of our society? And so this is where this investigation is going. It's where it should be going. And you can see all these guys, most of them Democrats, dropping like flies to spend more time with their family. And I hope we look into that. The intelligence operation, arguably the Democrats are

[Jesse Waters]

dropping like flies, at least in some of these cases. Like Casey Wasserman is dropping his. I was about to say dropping his own fly, but that just plays right into this. He is not accused of anything, but is stepping away from his business because it's creating a problem for them. So they're taking responsibility for what they were involved in versus just genuflecting and throwing it on the other side and playing partisan politics for it. I thought this was actually a pretty sane analysis of what's going on here. But the missing element is we should hear from other people who are in the Trump administration and the President himself on that espionage ring or whatever was going on, because there's a new precedent now. Now it's the Clinton rule. Now, you can be held in contempt if you don't comply with a subpoena. And when Donald Trump is out of office the beginning of 2029, then he can be called. Having Hillary Clinton come in was just part of a sick GOP ritual fascination with humiliating this woman. She is your number one villain. Still talking about crooked Hillary from 2016. She had nothing to do with this. And honest Republicans would admit as such,

[Jessica Tarlov]

you don't do that.

[Joey Jones]

We don't know where the 30,000 emails are. We don't know where they are. They might exonerate.

[Jesse Waters]

It's a funny joke like 10 years ago, but it doesn't work.

[Joey Jones]

I don' a joke. I care.

[Jesse Waters]

She was. Her time was wasted. Once again, asking about Pizzagate and UFOs. And if you want to talk about first ladies that actually had contact with Ghislaine Maxwell, look at Melania Trump's email to her Very chummy. And then Ghalean writes back calling her sweet pea. Talk about Howard Lutnick and wasn't at her daughter's wedding as a plus one for somebody else. So okay. Hahaha. There are pictures of Melania and Donald Galene and Jeffrey Epstein. Multiple of them. Howard Letnick is in trouble. Howard Letnick said that after he found out what in 2005.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Harry Summers.

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah, he's lost his job.

[Greg Gutfeld]

That's what you're falling into.

[Jesse Waters]

My point, you're a cabinet Terry who is lying over and over again about his involvement. And there was a photo of him on the island, not with his nannies, his wife and his kids walking around with Jeffrey Epstein and three other unidentified men. And the DOJ took that photo down and only because there was outcry over that did they put it back up late last night. Ro Khanna says that they have the votes.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Ro Khanna should not be trusted.

[Jesse Waters]

And Thomas Massie.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Thomas Massie as well. But I want to get back to you something about about Lauren Bowen.

[Jesse Waters]

Hillary's taking photos for Benny.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Who invented lawfare? Who create who has you forced that

[Jesse Waters]

law and everybody was created in 2020 after you guys.

[Greg Gutfeld]

All we're trying to do really is teach you a lesson so you don't do this again. You weaponize the law.

[Jesse Waters]

There are many Republicans who would say that there was even law for use about the Clint. There was law for use against Bill Clinton in the 1990s.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Did they try to arrest Bill Clinton too? They tried to arrest Donald Trump.

[Jesse Waters]

Four crimes they went to.

[Jessica Tarlov]

You made up Russia and then you tried to arrest the president of the United States.

[Jesse Waters]

It was.

[Jessica Tarlov]

That's a little different than saying fiddled around with some woman.

[Jesse Waters]

If you had national security documents in your toilet people would come for you too.

[Jessica Tarlov]

And that's why only flush cocaine.

[Joey Jones]

Well I think I can solve this really quickly. If they hurt little kids, hang them high in the streets.

[Jesse Waters]

Sure.

[Joey Jones]

If they sold our government out, put

[Jessica Tarlov]

them in jail a little care what

[Greg Gutfeld]

letters in front of their have you seen Chelsea lately?

[Jesse Waters]

Yes, I have seen Chelsea coming up.

[Greg Gutfeld]

It's a great show.

[Joey Jones]

Woke soccer star Megan Rapinoe is kicking rapine. I tried real hard.

[Jessica Tarlov]

That's right.

[Joey Jones]

It's kicking up outrage over America's hockey heroes. We're going to tell you all about why she's doing that.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Next. Quick choose a meal deal with McValue. The five dollar McChicken meal deal. The six dollar McDouble meal deal or the new seven dollar Daily Double meal deal. Each with its Own small fries, drink and Four Piece McNuggets. There's actually no rush. I'm just excited for McDonald's for a limited time only.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Parts of participation may vary not to alter.

[Joey Jones]

Hand.

[Jessica Tarlov]

The wokest athlete on the planet, Megan Rapinoe. Am I saying that right? Jessica, I don't know. Is finally outraged over dudes in the locker room. Except it's FBI director Cash Patel's beer drinking celebration with the men's hockey team.

[Shannon Bream]

The United States men's hockey team. In their utter moment of glory, childhood dreams come true. Once in a lifetime accomplishment sensational. Ruined it for themselves because they allowed themselves to be totally co. Opted.

[Jesse Waters]

Co opted? Yep,

[Shannon Bream]

by a clown. And now you're a clown. You look like a clown.

[Jessica Tarlov]

She's telling other people they look like a clown, Greg.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Maybe that's for medical reasons, Jesse.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Maybe.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Or she just likes to look funny, like an elf. You know, I am probably like many Americans. When I said, when am I going to hear from Megan Rapinoe?

[Shannon Bream]

I don't think you said it right.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I did that on purpose. Can we let this story die? The reason why the story won't die is because we've entered that phase where outsiders feel compelled to white knight for other people who don't need to be white knighted. If it wasn't for the white knighters, people who pick up the swords to defend other people, this story would not exist. It's not for you to be outraged if the people within the story don't care. Like the athletes don't care. They only talk about it if some lame reporter asks them about it and they go, hey, here we go again. Can I just say, I like America. It was a fricking joke. Leave me alone. People have huge holes in their lives, Jesse. You know this. And they ask themselves, how can I insert myself in this story so I can fill up that hole? You know, if someone makes a joke about Rosie o' Donnell or Kid Rock, you don't have to pick up a sword and defend them. But if you do, if you ask yourself, you know, oh my God, this, I have to do something, chances are you're bored with your life. She's got nothing going on.

[Jessica Tarlov]

That's a great point, Greg.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jessica Tarlov]

When, when do people make jokes that we feel the need to just jump in and defend? That was not a fun joke. We never do that. I hope we don't do that.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Don't find a clip for.

[Shannon Bream]

Find a clip in the next five seconds. No, listen, I refuse to even take the bait on this thing. The Men's team, the women's team did something freaking amazing. And I think that we should all just be wrapping ourselves in the flag, celebrating them, gold medals. It's fantastic. I. The sideshow thing, forget it. Here's my thing. You guys all know President Trump is very charming in person. I think that the women's team should go to the White House. They're invited. Go and have a conversation with them, you know, in person. You can talk to him. He's very reasonable. That's what they're scared of, and maybe they are, but I think, you know, you go and have a chat with him, I think that they would find him to be different than they think he is publicly. I think it's worth the time. I've gone to the White House many times, many different presidents. Not just for work, but these Christmas parties and the lunches and whatever.

[Greg Gutfeld]

You don't get crap from your friends if you talk to them. They do.

[Jesse Waters]

Okay.

[Shannon Bream]

But I've gone for dnr and I think that it's.

[Jessica Tarlov]

That what they call it.

[Shannon Bream]

Presidents are presidents. Oh, you know, I think that there could be a very charming get together if they went there.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Jessica, if the women's team went to the White House for Trump, could he serve them McDonald's or would that be offensive?

[Jesse Waters]

It would be lame again to give fast food to professional athletes.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Are you serious? I was. I wasn't even serious.

[Jesse Waters]

Okay.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Everyone loves, especially athletes. You know, many calories these guys burn.

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah, totally. Anyway, they're not going. They don't want to go. They. They found the joke. In the words of the captain of the team, Hillary Knight, white knighting for herself, the joke was distasteful and unfortunate. We now know that. Yeah, of course she was asked about it.

[Greg Gutfeld]

She wouldn't want to talk about it.

[Jesse Waters]

There are multiple men who have said publicly and privately that they mishandled this. And I want to know

[Jessica Tarlov]

you laughing.

[Jesse Waters]

It's not just laughing. It's going. And then becoming a political pawn in this. Because the White House released this. I generated video of one of the players who plays for a Canadian team with him saying, oh, no. Canadians are maple syrup eating efforts.

[Joey Jones]

Oh, no.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Do you think that who was upset about it?

[Jesse Waters]

Well, all the Canadians, by the way.

[Jessica Tarlov]

All the Canadians. Oh, we upset the Canadians in Canada

[Jesse Waters]

and place for Canadian team.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Are you upset for other people that are upset in Canada now?

[Jesse Waters]

If you think so, we are on the verge of it. It hasn't already happened. Losing our strongest ally, our northern border country. Yes.

[Jessica Tarlov]

You don't have to say this, Jessica, you could just have fun.

[Jesse Waters]

This is fun for me. Explain.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Really upset about a joke at a locker room.

[Joey Jones]

You guys are looking at this all wrong. Rather than complaining about the quote, you know, I'm going to have to invite the women's team to Dun Dun, Dun. Oh, my God. That's such an insult. Think about how far this man's locker room banter has come. Think about where we started and think about where we are. That's something to celebrate. I think President Trump deserves a pat on the back because he's really. He's really riding the ship in the realm of locker room banter. Also, nobody, and I mean nobody, has divided her locker room like Meghan. And I'll let you say her last name.

[Jesse Waters]

I don't even know exactly.

[Joey Jones]

Megan. I don't know her name either. Nobody has been more divisive and more toxic in the locker room. I know this from coaches that coached on the team. She split her own locker room. She sits there and you know what she does is she gives every Karen in the country a reprieve because it's like, at least you're not a Megan, right? At least you're not her sitting there complaining about other people's accomplishments because you don't like how they reacted. I'm sorry. Listen, President Trump's invited him to the White House. They should take him up on it. When I met him, he looked at me and goes, hey, this guy, this guy loves the vets. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. Like, bro, I am the vets, of course, love the vets. He's going to win them over in five seconds. They should go. Let him do it.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Biden gave Megan Rapinoe a medal at the White House. I guess she was used by Joe. Wouldn't be the first time. Jessica. The Fastest is up next.

[Jesse Waters]

Welcome back. Forget those elite lounges that Jesse likes to hang out in. The good old airport bar is making a comeback. Business Insider writing quote, There is something compellingly equalizing about the airport bar, especially when so much of the consumer economy has been stratified into tears. Jesse, I feel that the lounges have. There's like a flood of people who shouldn't be in the lounges, too. Like, it's wild what goes on in the airport generally.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Talking about the Jews, Jessica. I don't know that I think we should let everyone from every religion come in the loud.

[Jesse Waters]

I don't.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I don't get down like that.

[Jesse Waters]

I do that.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Miss the airport bar. I like going there. You sit down, you order a cocktail, they have the game on you. Maybe get some beer battered onion rings, maybe some salty nuts, start talking about the game to the guy sitting next to you, commiserating about how long the delay is. Then you're like three drinks deep, you're having the time of your life, your psyched, you're delayed. Then all of a sudden you look at your fear like boarding. You're like, get the check and big tip, big fat tip, Greg. You run to the gate, you sit down with a nice buzz and you start chatting up the girl next to you, whether she likes it or not. Just kidding. I would never do that. But those are the good old days.

[Jesse Waters]

Shannon, you fly a lot.

[Shannon Bream]

I do.

[Jesse Waters]

Where do you sit? Well, I don't.

[Shannon Bream]

Wait, remember the airport bar is where the whole phrase it's five o' clock somewhere was and you can hang out there. I do not love flying, but I do it and I. You remember Dr. Charles Krauthammer may rest in peace, one of the wisest humans I've ever known. He knew it and like to fly. He was a psychiatrist and he said, I'm going to give you advice. And I thought it was going to be some good method for coping with flying. He said, go to the airport early, get through security and go to the bar. And he said, sit there and drink wine until you feel safe flying. You can go. So these serve a purpose. It's mental health as well.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Yes.

[Jesse Waters]

Greg, I know you fly private a lot.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Terrible advice.

[Shannon Bream]

I don't take it, by the way. I feel like I need to be nimble and ready for any threat or terrorist.

[Greg Gutfeld]

You know, Jessica, I'm so not surprised by your question to Jesse, a Democrat, going like, I like these lounges, but now there's just too many people. Ew. It used to be so exclusive. Oh, I can see my friends from the Acela. What do you call it?

[Jesse Waters]

Corridor.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Corridor. I don't even know it because I'm an everyman.

[Jesse Waters]

But you'll probably hide it.

[Greg Gutfeld]

But you know, it's like everybody, everybody is trying for the next year that C I E R. So. Oh, I'm in the Delta Lounge. Oh yeah, well, I'm in Chase Sapphire. What I like to do is I like to tell people of a lounge that doesn't exist.

[Shannon Bream]

Right.

[Greg Gutfeld]

So I had jfk. I'll go. Yeah. If you go to gate, if you go to Terminal 8, Gate 23D, there's a secret bar and all you got to do is go up to the woman behind the thing and give this code phrase. Usually I'll say like, naked unicorn 35. And. And they'll pretend like they don't know what you're talk. Talking about. But they then will lead you to the. To the. To the bar, which. And if they don't, just follow the signs to the tarmac and you'll find it.

[Jessica Tarlov]

I'm gonna write that down. Naked unicorn.

[Joey Jones]

My goal is to never be at the airport with enough time to go anywhere but the gate. That's the goal. I hit it most of the time, and when not, I go to the Delta Lounge. I don't mind it at all. I hate it. For those that can't.

[Jesse Waters]

Oh, that was beautiful. Okay, fair mail Friday is up next.

[Greg Gutfeld]

First question from Carolyn. What's the most foolish thing you've ever bought, Joey?

[Joey Jones]

Oh, probably a pair of running shoes.

[Jessica Tarlov]

It's pretty good.

[Greg Gutfeld]

That was nice.

[Jesse Waters]

I was really. I just got it.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Oh, Jessica, are you laughing about the fact that he has no legs?

[Jesse Waters]

You know, I love to joke about

[Greg Gutfeld]

his life all the time.

[Jesse Waters]

Internet. Have at it.

[Joey Jones]

I'm not pulling that card again. Okay.

[Jesse Waters]

It was a very good joke, Greg. Thought I shared the wrist that day. Yeah, I got like a super fancy juicer thinking that I was gonna become someone that, like, blame a picture. I am the juice. So I blame myself. Anyway, I used it like, once, and now it's, you know.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah, appliances with one use suck. They take up so much room.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Jesse, this is easy. Greg, your book. So bad. And I could have gotten it for free.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah, I would've checked.

[Jesse Waters]

And he signed it.

[Shannon Bream]

Don't ever buy anything that's final sale that you can't try on. Cause I ordered this beautiful coat online with something I'd. I knew my size. Apparently I was wrong with this maker. It was marked down a lot, but it was still like hundreds of dollars. And it's beautiful. And it sits in my closet and I just look at it, and unless I get some body part taken off, it's not gonna fit.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Do you not want it anymore?

[Shannon Bream]

It's beautiful. It's pink and sparkly, and if you wanna borrow it, it might fit you.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Well, yeah, it'd probably go great with some chaps. All right.

[Shannon Bream]

I don't have those.

[Jesse Waters]

What'd you buy?

[Greg Gutfeld]

It's between two cars that I bought.

[Shannon Bream]

Oh, two cars?

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yes.

[Jesse Waters]

What an everyman answer. Yes.

[Shannon Bream]

Yes.

[Joey Jones]

Rich people.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I bought a French sedan that I. Nash Metropolitan that I sold to Dana. It was there because I never drove them.

[Jessica Tarlov]

You and Dana do business?

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah. I sold. I sold my Nash Metropolitan 1950. Like 3 or 57 to them.

[Jessica Tarlov]

You weren't worried that it was going to interfere in your professional relationship?

[Greg Gutfeld]

No, I just had to get that

[Jessica Tarlov]

car out of the soldier 11.

[Greg Gutfeld]

What is a word that makes you cringe every time you hear it?

[Jesse Waters]

Moist.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Moist.

[Jesse Waters]

Women hate moisture.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Why?

[Jesse Waters]

I mean, baking. It's fine.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Well, Duncan Hines is gonna have a problem with you.

[Jesse Waters]

You know, Shannon knows.

[Shannon Bream]

I do. It's gross. But I also, the word I think grosses me out is self deprecating. Cause I'm always afraid I'm gonna say self defecating. Don't use that word.

[Joey Jones]

Yeah, I always struggle on that one. With intestinal fortitude. I always use the other one.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Oh, fortitude Testicular. Oh, oh, oh. I took it differently. Jesse. What?

[Jessica Tarlov]

I was gonna go with kerfuffle. Awful. But what do you have?

[Greg Gutfeld]

I know yesterday on my show, somebody said, hurt people, hurt people. And I hate that line. Do you always hear that? Hurt people, hurt people.

[Shannon Bream]

I think there's a song.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Is that. Is that where it's from?

[Jesse Waters]

Oh, like it's an excuse for hurting people? Because.

[Greg Gutfeld]

No, it's just.

[Jesse Waters]

No, no.

[Shannon Bream]

Like your damage.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Oh. It's a psychological.

[Greg Gutfeld]

All right, one more thing's up.

[Shannon Bream]

It is time now for One more thing. Greg.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Oh, we got a great show tonight. Cat 10th Chow. Ying Summers, Charlie Hurt. I always have a hard time saying summers. And Sean Davis. I want to plug a movie that's opening tonight called the Hail Mary. You'll like this, Shannon. It's a film by the great actor Daniel Roebuck. You might know him from the Fugitive and the great movie River's Edge, where he played the killer. Hail Mary is a comedy about Sister Kathy, a nun with a sense of humor and a purpose, who finds an angry loner in need of redemption and leads him to his atonement by coming conning him to create a football team for the All Boys Catholic School. It opens nationwide tonight. It's called the Hail Mary. I implore you to see it. Roebuck's a great director and a great actor. And these are movies he makes for the whole family.

[Shannon Bream]

It sounds Rick Kinnear.

[Greg Gutfeld]

That's there. It's Roebuck.

[Shannon Bream]

It sounds divine. Jesse, what have you got?

[Jessica Tarlov]

Something just as divine. Let's go around the world, everybody.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Oh, yeah.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Where are we going next? What do you think, Jessica? Kazakhstan? India? Bulgaria? Wrong.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Japan.

[Jessica Tarlov]

30 men in loincloth celebrating 200 years of tradition with a historic mud wrestling match. It's called Warabi Naked Festival. Something about A bountiful season. Who cares? We just want to see their butt cheeks.

[Shannon Bream]

A lot of dad bodies.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Did I just say that?

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Tonight, Jesse Waters primetime Bill Clinton, not a guest goes under oath tonight at eight.

[Shannon Bream]

Jessica.

[Jesse Waters]

Okay, this is really scary and very gross. Drivers crossing the Sahara Desert were met with a shocking sight as massive swarms of locusts slammed into their vehicle.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Jesus is coming.

[Joey Jones]

That's the end of time. Yep.

[Jesse Waters]

Oh, okay.

[Joey Jones]

That's what that is.

[Jesse Waters]

All right. Sorry, guys. End of times.

[Joey Jones]

That's it?

[Shannon Bream]

That's all you got?

[Jesse Waters]

I mean, I have other things, but that's way more interesting.

[Shannon Bream]

Well, if you want to learn more about the Bible and end times, I've got a new book out.

[Joey Jones]

Yeah,

[Jesse Waters]

I set you up, Shannon.

[Shannon Bream]

Thank you. Nothing is impossible with God. And I am hoping it might be the first pick of the Herald. Jesse Gregg, Bible Study Group. Fingers crossed. Also this weekend we have got Senator Kaine McCormick, General Kellogg with us on Fox News Sunday and also Michael Whatley. We'll see you then, Joey.

[Joey Jones]

All right, real quick. So this lunchbox was found. People in Georgia are upset about it because it's got a martini in it. I just want to say I apologize. It was that or a truly. That's all it had in the fridge. I didn't know what was. I don't know drink. So I didn't know.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Wait, wait. So we got a sandwich. Doritos.

[Joey Jones]

This is like a elementary school kids biscuits in there.

[Shannon Bream]

Mom, dad, five o'.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Clock. Is that dad or Mom? That's Mom.

[Shannon Bream]

Cafeteria. That is it for us.

[Jessica Tarlov]

Have a great listen to the 5ad

[Greg Gutfeld]

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