Kamala Embarks On Media Blitz To Sell Book

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Five

Episode: Kamala Embarks On Media Blitz To Sell Book
Host: FOX News Podcasts
Date: September 23, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this episode of "The Five," the panel dissects Kamala Harris’s nationwide media promotional campaign for her new book, 107 Days, focusing on her reflections about her loss to President Trump and her approach to accountability. The hosts also touch on President Trump’s encounter at the UN, the Democratic Party’s messaging struggles, the divide in civic discourse, and close with some lighter fare. True to The Five’s style, the conversation is lively, irreverent, and rich with banter, sharp critiques, and memorable one-liners.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Kamala Harris’s Media Blitz and 107 Days Book Tour

[00:27–14:14]

Main Takeaways:

• Kamala’s Narrative: Harris is promoting her book 107 Days, attributing her electoral loss to factors beyond her control and refusing to self-reflect.
• Group Therapy Critique: The hosts liken her media appearances (on Maddow, The View, GMA) to a "group therapy session," saying she blames everyone but herself.
• Failure to Distinguish from Biden: She claims loyalty to Biden and did not sufficiently differentiate herself, which, according to the hosts, contributed to her defeat.
• Timidity & Excuses: There’s consensus that Harris’s explanations (not enough time, loyalty, risk aversion) are excuses masking deeper flaws in her campaign and leadership style.
• Selecting a Running Mate: Discussion about the controversy over not picking Pete Buttigieg as VP—Harris allegedly cited political risk due to his sexuality, which even led to inconsistencies between her interview statements and the book’s text.
• Reactions to the Book: The panel mockingly critiques the memoir’s lack of detail, the absence of an index, and its self-focused narrative.

Notable Quotes:

• “Watching that episode was like getting into her group therapy, where it's all about herself except for the blame.”
  — Emily Compagno [03:30]

• “She will forever be known as the almost Lady. She almost picked Mayor Pete. She almost sided with parents over trans in sports. This is one of the worst habits a loser can have...”
  — Greg Gutfeld [04:45]

• “If her excuse for everything is 107 days, not enough time...But this wasn't a gestation. She was already fully formed in her incompetence.”
  — Emily Compagno [06:41]

• “I've always maintained that I think that she had too much time...She started to lose ground every single day after that.”
  — Harold Ford Jr. [07:09]

• “She said the race was too important to run with a gay.”
  — Jesse Waters [09:08]

Key Segment Timestamps:

• 00:27 – Intro to Kamala's book and media tour
• 03:30 – Panel first impressions and “group therapy” analogy
• 04:45 – Greg Gutfeld’s “almost Lady” riff
• 06:41 – Criticism of “not enough time” excuse
• 07:09 – Ford Jr. on Harris’s decline after high-profile endorsements
• 09:08 – Pete Buttigieg VP controversy
• 12:17 – Dana Perino on missed opportunity for policy leadership

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2. Trump’s UN Escalator “Sabotage” and Speech

[15:13–25:24]

Main Takeaways:

• Escalator Incident: Trump and Melania encounter a malfunctioning escalator at the UN, prompting speculation of intentional sabotage.
• UN Critique: Trump uses his address to lambast the UN, “globalists,” and, notably, the climate agenda, calling global warming “the greatest con job ever perpetrated.”
• Panel Reaction: The hosts both mock and defend Trump, arguing that his bluntness is necessary and criticizing the missed policy opportunities in his speech.
• Ukraine and Foreign Policy: Discussion on Trump’s evolving stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and what the panel considers missed opportunities to demonstrate leadership on defense, tariffs, and AI innovation.

Notable Quotes:

• “This is an insurrection. And what we need to do is either leave the UN or...demolish the building.”
  — Jesse Waters (tongue-in-cheek) [17:02]

• “He told them what they needed to hear, not what they wanted to hear. You guys suck. You guys got to do better. Look what I’m doing. Follow me or get out of this city.”
  — Greg Gutfeld [23:27]

• “I thought he nailed every point so perfectly. The climate pacts, a con job. We have diminished our output by 17%...and it's all China and India. He's like, what is this all for?”
  — Emily Compagno [23:40]

Key Segment Timestamps:

• 15:13 – Trump’s escalator/teleprompter incident recap
• 17:02 – Jesse’s UN conspiracy riff
• 21:03 – Dana critiques foreign policy messaging
• 23:27 – Gutfeld on Trump’s blunt effectiveness

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3. Data on Democrats’ Midterm Struggle

[26:26–32:42]

Main Takeaways:

• CNN Data’s Blue Wave Reality: CNN’s data guy points out Republican dominance in polling on economy, immigration, and crime.
• Democratic Messaging Failure: The panel skewers Democrats for lack of clear policy positions, especially on crime and transgender sports participation.
• Self-Destructive Narrative: The hosts argue that Democrats are disconnected from public sentiment and that blaming or demonizing the other side is not a substitute for actual ideas.
• Need for Ideas & Debate: The importance of new ideas and healthy public discourse is emphasized.

Notable Quotes:

• “If anything, at this particular point...it's the Republicans who are running with the ball on the top issues, the economy, immigration and crime. What are you doing, Democrats?”
  — Greg Gutfeld [26:54]

• “There's not any clarity, there's not any force and there's not any credibility around the kind of ideas Democrats have.”
  — Harold Ford Jr. [27:11]

• “...they are living in a bubble with no connection to the real world. And you want to talk about immigration...The Democrats are showing exactly where they stand, which is in no way with the American people. And that's why they will never, ever close that gap.”
  — Emily Compagno [28:54]

Key Segment Timestamps:

• 26:26 – CNN data presented, Republican policy advantages
• 27:11 – Harold on Democrats’ messaging vacuum
• 28:54 – Compagno on Democrats’ disconnect

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4. Battle Over Civil Discourse: Bill Maher vs. Rob Reiner

[33:19–38:23]

Main Takeaways:

• Refusing to Debate: Hollywood liberal Rob Reiner says he won’t talk to Trump supporters; Bill Maher objects, emphasizing the necessity of debate.
• Panel Analysis: The Five argues that avoiding debate is a sign of weak arguments and a recipe for civic failure and polarization.
• Value of Engagement: Bi-partisan exchange is crucial for democracy, and demonizing opponents halts progress.

Notable Quotes:

• “If I can't talk to you, if you believe this crazy thing...that kind of keeps him from having to debate. But when you remove debate, what was debate replacing? It was replacing violence.”
  — Greg Gutfeld [34:53]

• “If you're not talking to the other side, you're just talking to yourselves. And that's a sure way to lose.”
  — Harold Ford Jr. [34:53]

Key Segment Timestamps:

• 33:19 – Bill Maher and Rob Reiner clip
• 34:53 – Gutfeld and Ford Jr. on dangers of non-engagement

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5. Lighter Segments: Adult Homework and “One More Thing”

[38:51–End]

Highlights:

• Adult Homework Trend: Skepticism over the claim that adults do homework for fun—panel jokes about homework, reading, and drinking as pastimes.
• Sunscreen-flavored Ice Cream: Fun taste test and banter about beach-themed flavors.
• Powerball Winner’s Charity: Dana Perino tells the story of a charitable Powerball winner.
• Wrap-Up: Plugs for other shows, playful banter about snacks, and witty sign-off lines.

Notable Quotes:

• “You know what I do for fun, Harold? I drink like everybody else.”
  — Jesse Waters [39:56]

• “This literally tastes like summer.”
  — Emily Compagno (on coconut ice cream) [41:18]

Key Segment Timestamps:

• 38:51 – On adult homework
• 41:03 – Sunscreen ice cream taste test

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Tone & Style

• Irreverent, sarcastic, and combative with sharp humor
• Heavy use of analogies (“almost Lady,” “group therapy,” sports metaphors)
• Panelists frequently speak over/banter with one another
• Pop-culture references and on-the-fly critiques

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Memorable Moments

• Greg Gutfeld’s “almost Lady” and “airport bar” monologues [04:45]
• Jesse’s painter anecdote about the VP pick [09:12]
• Fiery riff comparing UN criticisms to bomb threats (satirically) [17:02]
• Bill Maher / Rob Reiner debate on talking across the aisle [33:19]

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Episode Takeaways

• The Five views Harris’s book tour as blame-shifting and emblematic of Democratic shortcomings in authenticity and risk.
• The panel praises Trump’s bluntness and critiques conventional diplomacy, favoring “truth bombs” over nuanced rhetoric.
• There is consensus that the Democratic Party is out of touch with voters’ concerns, especially crime and the economy.
• Civil discourse is breaking down—highlighted by the Maher-Reiner debate—and the panel laments a partisan retreat from engagement.
• Lighter segments lend the show balance, with humorous takes on “adult homework” and summer treats.

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For listeners who missed the show, this episode is a full-force Five experience: pointed analysis, relentless mockery, some policy substance, and plenty of punchlines.

Transcript

[Emily Compagno]

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[Harold Ford Jr.]

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[Emily Compagno]

Learn [e-mail] Citizen hello, everyone. I'm Emily Compagno along with Harold Ford Jr. Jesse Waters, Dana Perino and Greg Gutfeld. It's five o' clock in New York City and this is the five. Wakamila Harris is on a media blitz for her new book, 107 Days that's hitting shelves today. She's pointing fingers at just about everyone for her loss to President Trump. Everyone except herself. Harris hitting up Rachel Maddow, Good Morning America, and back to the scene of the crime where her campaign imploded. Little group therapy session with the ladies of the View.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

You know, a lot of people are coming up to me crying, actually crying.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Emily Compagno]

I would be crying.

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah.

[Dana Perino]

But that was just me.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

That night, I grieved in a way that I have not since my mother died. Wow. And it was. I was. The pain was. It was not at all about losing a race. I knew what it was going to mean for the countries. We just didn't have enough time.

[Dana Perino]

You didn't have enough time?

[Harold Ford Jr.]

We didn't have enough time. Oh, yeah.

[Emily Compagno]

Well, you didn't.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

And, you know, I mean, one of the reasons I wrote the book is this is unprecedented. It is the closest presidential race in the 21st century in terms of the outcome.

[Emily Compagno]

Speaking of elephants. And then it was to the elephant in the room, that infamous Sunny Hostin question that sank her campaign. If there was anything she would have done differently from Joe Biden. To which she replied, there is not a thing that comes to mind.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

I'm a loyal person. I didn't fully appreciate how much people wanted to know there was a difference between me and President Biden. I thought it was obvious and I didn't want to offer a difference in a way that would be received or suggested to be a criticism yet that.

[Greg Gutfeld]

President Biden was deeply unpopular.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

I did realize that you write you had no idea. You just pulled the pin on a hand grenade. Do you think that moment tipped the election? No. No.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Good. Cause Sonny was the one to take the blame.

[Emily Compagno]

And of course, bitter Kamala was critical of President Trump.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

This individual who occupies our White House right now, the People's House, has decided that he will be an emperor in his mind. Do you sometimes just want to scream, I told y' all so? And feel free to do it right now, Sonny? Nothing comes to mind.

[Jesse Waters]

Ah.

[Emily Compagno]

So if reading her book is like reading her diary, Greg, then indeed, watching that episode was like getting. Getting into her group therapy, where it's all about herself except for the blame.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I'm sorry, maybe it's just me, but she sounds loaded. And if it ain't booze, I don't know what it is, but she reminds me of every woman at the airport bar whose flight got delayed and she had too many daiquiris because she cannot get out of her mind about the things. And, you know, the 170, 107 days wasn't a lot. That's why they. That's why they called it 107 days. So whenever. Because that's the only way she could remember that is if they put it on the book. So they go, why did you lose only at 107 days? Why didn't you have a better plan? Only had 107 days. Why are there all these receipts for Xanax? I only had 107 days. She said a lot of people were crying. That came up to her. That is just an obvious lie. Nobody was crying unless you ran over their cat or something. I've never seen a presidential candidate's memoir without an index. Are they, I guess, is alphabetizing too close to a sobriety test, that they couldn't do that? I mean, that's like an elevator without numbered buttons. You know, that had to be deliberate because there were so few details in her book that the index itself would only have been one page. I mean, maybe there would be her name. Joe Biden. Names Doug. Name. Dr. Jill Jose Cuervo. Who knows? She will forever be known as the almost Lady. She almost picked Mayor Pete. She almost. Almost sided with parents over trans in sports. This is one of the worst habits a loser can have, considering that almost doing something is just like doing it, and I deserve credit for it. I almost ran a marathon. I almost volunteered at the soup kitchen.

[Dana Perino]

It's the.

[Greg Gutfeld]

And the reason she gave is the reason behind all cowardice. It was too risky. You know, that's what makes people brave as they do the right thing. Knowing there is a risk. You know, not to bring up Charlie, but, you know, he wasn't fearless. He was bigger than fearless. You know, he debated knowing the risk he faced, the fear, despite. Despite the fact that it was probably present in him. She never faced her fears. You know, she. She preferred the Safe zones of MSNBC and the View. Not Joe Rogan, not Bill Maher, not Fox News. She just told Rachel Maddow that, you know, who is gay. I don't know if you know that. I don't want to. I don't want to out here on Fox. But she told Rachel Maddow that she didn't have the guts to hire a gay person. And Rachel Maddow just obediently nodded like, oh, wow. As she just said, I wouldn't hire you, Rachel, because you know what? I want to win. I'm not going to risk, you know, hiring somebody who's more competent. And she disguised her cowardice by blaming the American people. You know, if I were a straight white male, I would have chosen a gay man, which biologically doesn't make any sense. But anyway, she's faulting us for being the bigot, not her. She's a DEI mindset that wouldn't pay it forward.

[Emily Compagno]

Dana, I wanted to ask you if my POV was off on this, because if her excuse for everything, 107 days, not enough time. Not enough time. But this wasn't a gestation. She was already fully formed in her incompetence. And the American people saw that. But my question is, am I wrong?

[Jesse Waters]

Indeed.

[Emily Compagno]

Does a campaign, is it so different from her vice presidency where we saw her audition every day? Did she actually, if she had more time, would it have been successful or would her chances have improved?

[Harold Ford Jr.]

It's a great question. I've always maintained that I think that she had too much time, because if you think about the convention, the truncated convention that they had, and you think about how those Democrats got behind her, you had Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, even if they were reluctant at first, everyone got behind her. And in those speeches, they gave it their all. And that was the high point. And she started to lose ground every single day after that. So it would have been better for her if Joe Biden had dropped out on the Saturday and the election were held the next Saturday, that probably would have given her a fighting chance. But when you talk about her being unwilling to have do risk. And I thought that David, I think was David Marcus. His headline in the Fox News piece this morning was that she was very timid in her endorsement of Mamdani yesterday. This is the Democratic socialist here running for mayor. And I thought it's the best adjective because it describes so much. She's like tentatively, like, maybe she's going to make a policy decision, perhaps. And the book was billed as something where she's going to Burn down all these relationships, and yet other people think she's going to run again in the future. I don't think so. And I also think that her timidity, when it comes to something like Mom Dawning, like, take us. If. If you are out there and you consider yourself the leader of the party at this point, because who else is there? It's not Chuck Schumer. Is it not? She thinks it's her. And she is that timid. That's a problem for her. I did think that the Pete Buttigieg thing was interesting because Major Maddow said. But you said you didn't pick him because he's gay. She said, I didn't say that. No, you just wrote that. And it's. It's right here in black and white. This will go on for a few days. She'll probably sell a lot of books. And I think that will probably be the end. I mean, of the career. Yeah. Hopefully of the political career.

[Emily Compagno]

Right. Because Jesse, to Dana's point, you know, she's pressed on it, and she goes, it's Trump's rhetoric, not Pete's sexuality. But see page 160, pretty clearly.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

She said the race was too important to run with a gay.

[Dana Perino]

My.

[Jesse Waters]

My painter was over the house today. And he goes, now I know why Kamala wanted to run with Mayor Pete. She wanted to run with a girlfriend. And I said, that's not nice. You can't say that, Tony.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

You're a painter.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Wow, Tony.

[Jesse Waters]

And he said, no. He said, I'm gay and I'm a Democrat, so I can say it. And I said, permission granted. And this is the kind of thing we're dealing with. And it's funny because she said she ended up going with Waltz, who's about as straight as a girlfriend as you can get. I think Pete wasn't the wrong guy. He was the wrong gay. And hear me out.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I don't want to.

[Dana Perino]

Oh, God.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

That's a great line, though.

[Jesse Waters]

Most gays are funny, and he's so boring. She needed to go with someone like Andy Cohen, like, hysterical. And that's where she missed Dana's right. She's too timid. She needed to come out with a guy that was just so. Had so much attitude that when he debated Vance, he was like, hey, Mr. VP, can I borrow some eyeliner? Someone like that, right. Someone that just makes fun of everyone's hair, someone's outfit and just mocks everyone. Like Greg. You're straight, right?

[Greg Gutfeld]

Absolutely.

[Jesse Waters]

Someone like Greg, but gay. The book is good, though. There's some good stuff.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

I mean, she. She wrote Hot Goss and it's a woman. So you expect a tell. All right. He throws out outrageous statements to distract from the real issues. Today. He wants me to prove my race. What's next? He'll say I'm not a woman and I'll need to show my vagina. This is good stuff. On page 179.

[Greg Gutfeld]

What's he referring to? Was that Willie Brown?

[Jesse Waters]

This is just chapter. This is 37 days until the election. Hair color, manicure, call, call, call, fundraiser, rally lid.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

And she told her editor, nailed it.

[Jesse Waters]

It's a chapter. And the View. They have to add a guy to the View. There are too many women on that show. You look at this, and it's all pain and tears and crying and my mom died. And men, when they hear that we run away when we see a bunch of women consoling each other, bereaving, we gotta get out of there. And so that's the problem. Imagine four years of that, Kamala sharing her feelings with other women. Oh, my God. Thank God Trump won.

[Greg Gutfeld]

She hates women.

[Emily Compagno]

Speaking of getting out of there, Harold, I wanted to get your opinion on. I think Dana nailed something really important, that during her tenure, she was real hesitant to sign on to anything with specificity. But here, guns a blazing, she is not hesitating at all with pointing the finger at everyone else in her party, including the majority of Americans.

[Dana Perino]

Right? So I think this exercise that the vice president has undertaken is at best puzzling and at worst, just a waste of time. Nine months after she loses the race, she comes on a television show to say that she had never hurt like this before. That's not. That's not what you're. If you're serious about politics and you're serious about the enterprise of policymaking, which is really about helping people, you don't make it about yourself, too, I would have thought. She remains Emily. I think you're right. She is probably the proverbial leader of the party in some ways. She can make an argument. Here we are, seven days before the government is slated to shut down because Democrats and Republicans, as usual, can't get along. Why isn't she out saying, here's what we should be doing. Here's what I would have done had I been president. I've gotten over it. I lost. These are things I should have done. There's no doubt. Sonny, you're my friend. You asked the right question, and I didn't have the right answer. This notion, as I finish here. That 107 days wasn't long enough. Then you shouldn't have accepted the nomination. It was a blessing to get the nomination. At that moment, you should be saying thank you to Democrats because I'm sure there are a few governors, friends of mine who would love to have run, love to have been the nominee and would not be making excuses. And certainly I don't think that she means to blame others, Emily. But you're right, her actions. And Dana, you're right to say that Pete Buttigieg, whatever she said about him, if he were not gay, she would have chosen. I mean, we said this last week. It's like she's trying to make herself the hero after. And then once you think about it, she's not the hero in it. You're going to make yourself irrelevant. Madam Vice President, if you have not already, please, this book tour, you can say what you want to say about your book, but tell us, give us something positive. Look forward, be optimistic instead of blaming. And for that matter, going one by one on those who we believe may be the future of our party, telling us why you didn't choose them as your running mate.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Wow.

[Emily Compagno]

I wish you'd written the forward or maybe the epilogue.

[Dana Perino]

Wait to the next segment. You don't like what I said about.

[Emily Compagno]

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[Greg Gutfeld]

President Trump roasting the globalists at the UN during the General assembly after he and Melania were forced to climb a broken escalator that conveniently shut down as they stepped on it and then deliver his remarks off a busted teleprompter. The teleprompter is not working. I can only say that whoever's operating this teleprompter is in big trouble. All I got from the United nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle. If the first lady wasn't in great shape, she would have fallen. But she's in great shape. We're both in good shape. We both stood and then a teleprompter that didn't work. It's time to end the failed experiment of open borders. You have to end it now. See, I can tell you I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell. A UN official stated in 1989 that within a decade, entire nations could be wiped off the map by global warming. Not happening. It's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world. And I'm really good at predicting things. You know, they actually said during the campaign they had a hat, the best selling hat. Trump was right about everything. And I don't say that in a braggadocious way, but it's true. I've been right about everything. We don't deserve him. But talk about an escalation. Carolyn Levitt highlighting a Telegraph article from Sunday saying UN staffers were joking about how they may turn off the escalators to mark Trump's arrival. You know, Jesse, you're the person I go to when I want to know what's behind the story, what's going on with the escalator? What do you think?

[Jesse Waters]

Yeah, they sabotaged them.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

And they could have hurt the first lady.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

Trump would have fallen and would have gotten back up, but, you know, they.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Would have blamed it on his rhetoric.

[Jesse Waters]

And then they sabotage the teleprompter. Yeah, I mean, this is. This is an insurrection. And what we need to do is either leave the UN or we need to Bomb is in New York though, right? Yeah, there's some fallout there. All right, maybe gas it.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

No, that's not gas.

[Jesse Waters]

Okay, but we need to destroy it. Maybe, maybe just. Can we demolish it? Turn it, have everybody leave, and then we'll demolish the building.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

We could turn it into affordable housing.

[Jesse Waters]

Okay.

[Greg Gutfeld]

That's what you do, affordable housing.

[Jesse Waters]

No, I don't like that. I like nice sky rises, Dana. The expensive condominiums. Trying to win an election here, river from there. No, this is absolutely unacceptable. And I hope they get to the bottom of it and I hope they really injure emotionally the people that did it. It is good, though, that he's saying that we have a MAGA model for the world. You basically have to get off the green stuff because it doesn't work. You have to stop fighting each other because it sends migrants all into Western Europe. And then you just have to make money, not make war on each other. It's common sense. It's worked here, it can work everywhere else. And the most important thing, he tweeted, he said, Zelensky can win this thing and we just, if we just send him more money and the Europeans stop buying Russian oil, not only can he win it, he can go take all the land back that Russia's grabbed. This is a huge break from what he's been saying. He must be so pissed at Putin to say this now. The ball's in Putin's court. We'll see what Putin says.

[Greg Gutfeld]

All right, Harold, you said you had some very critical things to say and I want to.

[Dana Perino]

No, no. I just like to call balls and strikes. I think you're right, Jesse.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Never heard that before.

[Dana Perino]

I think you're right, Jesse. About, about the President in this Ukraine. Think about this. In February, late February of this year, the president met with Mr. Zelensky in the White House. We all remember that meeting. It didn't go well. There were harsh words said back and forth. Even Vice President Vance got in the mix there. Few weeks later, Zelenskyy tried his hardest through European partners to say he didn't mean that he was sorry. He wants to get off on a better foot. Then in August, mid August, President, our president hosted President Putin in, or Putin in Alaska. President said it was a good meeting. Here we are now. And I would have thought today I was hoping for something different from the President before the UN I was hoping he would have made his speech about what you just said, how he's changed his mind on this and what this means for the world. I would have hoped that he would have talked about how he was able to get our NATO allies to increase their spending on defense, which will help us and help them as we try to create borders that will be respected and adhered to. I would have thought he would have bragged about his resetting of tariffs and said the world needs to understand that America is not going to be ripped off. And this is why I've done this. Some of you may disagree, but here's what, here's why we're doing this and why we're stronger. I would have thought we'd have talked about how we're exporting AI and innovation and ingenuity as he did in the Middle east, and talked about how that was critical and important not only for America and for our allies, but for us to even be able to counter China. And then finally he criticized the U.N. this U.N. is certainly deserving of criticism. But Mr. President, you are the President. Why not lay out, spell out a set of reforms for the un? Why not give them something to strive towards? I just thought it was a missed, really a missed opportunity on behalf of the president, who I thought after listening to what he said just a few hours ago, Jesse, this was the moment. This was the forum and this was the lectern to share with the Share with the world how and why his position has changed on Russia in Putin and this war and why he now believes. Which he said in that truth social tweet or truth, I don't what you call it, but he said on truth social media that he now believes that Ukraine can take back the land that Russia had taken from them, which I thought was a powerful to your point statement.

[Greg Gutfeld]

All right, that was a lot.

[Dana Perino]

Dana, you want me to permission?

[Greg Gutfeld]

No, no, no, no. I. You and I both loved hearing him call the climate stuff the greatest con job. We know this. We know it's a fact. It's the reason why no one is talking about it anymore. They realize that the grift is almost up, they're still given money, but the hose has been cut off.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

So it reminded me of, I think it was 05. I was just a deputy press secretary sitting back bencher at a meeting where President Bush was talking to Angela Merkel of Germany and he said, what are you thinking with this taking setting up your country to be dependent on Russia for natural gas? Doesn't make any sense. Why would you do that? And at the time, she was in a pickle for her coalition because of the green energy stuff. And so what have we seen since then? What happened in Spain just a few weeks ago, right? They don't have enough load in order to power their country. And it went dark for about 12 hours. They had nothing, no Internet, no phones or nothing. And I loved that he said this should end. And I'm sure there were a lot of people back home, not in the room, but back home listening to their country saying, yeah, like, first of all, when you talk about the windmills they're made in China, I actually think that President Trump kind of gave China a pass today. He went after just about everybody else, think China deserved a lot more from him. But when it comes to this, they. One of the reasons these guys loved Obama and Biden is that they could just let those countries walk all over America, say that America causes all of global warming, that America is the reason because of global warming, that we have migration and that you can't stop migration because of global warming, because it's America's fault. And it went round and round and round. So I really like that. The other thing is there's this whole piece this week, this summer about how the Europeans don't have enough air conditioning. And yet they're making fun of America because we don't have enough time off. Say, well, look at the productivities of your country. Who is providing jobs? You've got almost a 30% unemployment rate for young people in Europe. And you think, why do you think you have a falling birth rate? Who's going to get married if they're still living at home? So energy is the root of all of these things. I love that he brought it up.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah. Emily, I. I look at, like, Harold's criticisms, and for me, it's precise. Those are the great things about it, was that he told them what they needed to hear.

[Dana Perino]

He didn't say any of this. What I'm saying is this stuff, you like this stuff.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I like this. I like that he ignored all of your advice because he said things they needed to hear, not what they wanted to hear. You guys suck. You guys got to do better. Look what I'm doing. Follow me or get out of this city.

[Emily Compagno]

Yeah, Jesse. Harold, your wish actually came true today. The UN was rocked by a bomb, a truth bomb, because that's exactly what the President did. The whole time. I thought, I agree with you. I thought he nailed every point so perfectly. The climate pacts, a con job. We have diminished our output by 17%, our emissions. And meanwhile, since Paris, the rest of the world is up 6%, and it's all China and India. He's like, what is this all for? On foreign policy, reminding the entire globe that he has done more than any modern president, reduced or extinguished seven conflicts. And he talked about the unenforced 2000 resolutions by the UN, highlighting that they are simply an impotent body. So he talked about that all day, like to issue letters. So I do think that he articulated exactly what they need to do, which is stop doing nothing. Stop just paying lip service to what's happened. And I thought it was so profound when he pointed out that as he was the one that was in there with Israel and Hamas, that no one from the UN called him. Right, not one foreign leader called him to say, I offer my support. And they have the gall to condemn Israel over 154 times more than every other country combined, including in the year that they were invaded by Hamas on October 7th. And I mean, the anti Semitism, the hypocrisy about them enjoying $74 billion worth of oil from Russia every year and saying, oh, you want this conflict to stop? You guys fly your Ukraine flags outside of your front doors here and all over the country, stop buying their oil. Look, I thought it was brilliant and most importantly, simple that America brings strength and results and the UN Is an impotent body that just keeps fighting funding the conflicts that it pretends to want to solve.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Impotent body. Yeah.

[Dana Perino]

The Ukraine, Ukraine and Russian war did not end on day one. The Israeli situation, look, I'm for the President, but let's be honest, he didn't, he couldn't brag about the thing he wanted to brag about most. And then he admitted after the speech that he now has a change opinion on Russia. That was the news. That's the opportunity.

[Greg Gutfeld]

I think he only seven wars in seven months being solved. What a loser.

[Dana Perino]

What?

[Greg Gutfeld]

Really, Harold, you disgust me.

[Dana Perino]

I take the other two over those seven day of the week.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Up next, a data dude reminds the Democrats why they suck. Now I know the lies. Now I know the lie.

[Emily Compagno]

I'm Janice Dean. Join me every Sunday as I focus on stories of hope and people who are truly rays of sunshine in their community and across the world.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Listen and follow now@fox newspodcast.com.

[Jesse Waters]

Democrats dream of a blue wave this midterm crashing into reality after CNN's data guy laid out the stats.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Who leads on the economy? Republicans by 7. Immigration Republicans by 13. How about crime? A big issue for Donald Trump and the Republicans look at that, lead by 22 points. So the bottom line is this. At this particular point, the ball may be on the ground, but the Democrats.

[Dana Perino]

Have not picked up the ball and running with it.

[Greg Gutfeld]

If anything, at this particular point, it's.

[Dana Perino]

The Republicans who are running with the.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Ball on the top issues, the economy, immigration and crime. What are you doing, Democrats?

[Jesse Waters]

My goodness gracious.

[Greg Gutfeld]

So whatever Democrats are doing, it ain't working.

[Jesse Waters]

Harold, I don't even know what the Democrats position is on crime, on the economy, on immigration. Do you?

[Dana Perino]

I don't. I think as we, as I listen to that young fellow talk about it, what is interesting is if you look at some of the polling data on President Trump, some of his numbers are coming down on approvals for things he's doing around the economy and what he's doing on immigration. All that being said, normally when you have one party's numbers going down, the other party's numbers go up. This is an unbelievable moment. Republicans numbers are coming down and Democrats numbers are sinking even further because of the points you made. There's not any clarity, there's not any force and there's not any credibility around the kind of ideas Democrats have. We still are struggling on some of these social and cultural issues, the fact that we can't lay out clearly and succinctly that we are not for biological men playing in girls sports. We have to all say that as a party for us to be listened to, I think, and with any credibility, with any seriousness on what we want to do on health care and what we love to do on the economy. The government's about to shut down in one week. If they don't get it, if they don't get some sort of deal. The amazing thing is every year the government finishes its fiscal year, meaning they run out of money on September 30th and the new year starts October 1st. It's just like every year, January 1st is the beginning of a new year. There have been four times in the last 45 years that Congress and the president have passed a budget or funded the government on time. And it's an amazing thing. Yet Democrats still don't have a succinct message as to why and what they're asking for. President Trump canceled a meeting with Democrats today saying that they were just unreasonable and if their expectations were too outsized. I don't even know what he's talking about. Democrats aren't even saying what it is that we want. I'm surmising and guessing, but Democrats step up to the plate, be serious, be credible and offer a plan.

[Jesse Waters]

Emily?

[Emily Compagno]

Yeah, respectfully, that Harry and I don't think the ball's on the ground. I think it is squarely in the receivers hands, running with tight coverage down the entire field. Because look, to the Democrats, all we need to know is what they've said during a debate on a crime bill. This is where Republicans are leading by 22 points. We had Jasmine Crockett say, stop just throwing a random dead person's name on something that was not a random dead person. That was Kayla Hamilton and her mother heard that disgusting, vile comment by a sitting congresswoman. That's the whole point that they absolutely miss the meaning behind everything and the pain that Americans are feeling who are victims of crime or who have loved ones that are victims of crime. And then they sit down with Palestinian influencers at a DNC strategy session and listen to one of them say, don't take the bait in talking about migrant crime or carjackings, things that actually don't matter to that many Americans. They are living in a bubble with no connection to the real world. And you want to talk about immigration. We where Republicans are leading by 13 points and you have Gavin Newsom as he's passing A law preventing law enforcement from wearing masks. And he says, yeah, immigrants have whites. We have the right to stand up. It's purposefully inflammatory. It is not messaging. It is squarely ideological. And the Democrats are showing exactly where they stand, which is in no way with the American people. And that's why they will never, ever close that gap. Thank goodness for our safety.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

DP so if you think about President Trump's domination literally on the world stage today, and you compare it to where the Democrats are today, you have them on Capitol Hill wearing Jimmy Kimmel hats. Right. And who's getting all the news on the Democratic side today? Kamala Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, Mamdani, and aoc.

[Dana Perino]

Oh, God.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

That it's not Harold Ford. Okay, so that's, that's what they have. And on the shutdown possibility, they released polling that said that their base supports a shutdown fight. Their base is what led them to lose 80, 20, 97 to 3 of President Trump's counting on all of those issues. And yet they continue to let it happen.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Gigi. Well, I would not get cocky, because we have more retirements coming than they do. And when. And Harold is right. He hasn't seen any ideas come up and percolate or any kind of direct, you know, decisions about the, about the reasons why they lost. Which means they're going to continue to demonize us, because it's easier than convincing us that men can be women and criminals can be free. That's what was so scary about the memorial, because you saw there were perhaps millions of people that had had a different view of who we are. Yeah, they turn on the memorial and they go, those, those people don't look like demons. They're actually forgiving. They're peaceful, they're calm. But the mainstream media has told me these people are racist and they're white supremacists and they're fascists. And here I'm seeing this, the contrast between what the public has been told about us and what they saw in Sunday. That has to be amplified because we have to end this poisonous narrative, not just for our sake, but for your sake, Harold. There are people on your side who, who are angry and miserable because they're. They're feeding off a narrative that makes them. If you hate all the time, you're going to feel terrible. And I think that's what you're seeing with the Democrat Party. A lot of people just are loathing themselves. I think that, you know, when you run out of ideas, the hate becomes stronger because you have nothing to rely on.

[Dana Perino]

Yeah, we need new ideas. I agree.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

And you need to love.

[Greg Gutfeld]

You need to love unconditionally. I tell you that every night.

[Dana Perino]

I'm glad my, I'm glad my teachings have been absorbed by you.

[Jesse Waters]

We are absorbing as much as we can. Ahead, a Hollywood liberal refuses to talk to Trump supporters. Let's get started.

[Dana Perino]

No, it's the Will Kane Show. Watch it live at noon Eastern Monday.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Through Thursday on fox news.com or on the Fox News News YouTube channel. And don't miss a show. Get the podcast five days a week at fox newspodcasts.com or wherever you download your favorite podcasts.

[Jesse Waters]

Memory, Every Song and the Machine.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

Bill Maher battling Hollywood director Rob Reiner over civility in America. Watch here.

[Greg Gutfeld]

This would make some sense for the Democrats if they had any power.

[Jesse Waters]

But the idea of we don't talk.

[Greg Gutfeld]

To you when we don't even have the power. Of course you have to talk to people before you have the exchange.

[Dana Perino]

You have to agree on certain facts.

[Greg Gutfeld]

No, you don't. If somebody says two plus two is four and the other guy says no, it's not, how do you begin the discussion? Because it's because, Rob, that's a slippery slope if you start down that road. If I can't talk to you, if you believe this crazy thing, because maybe. Okay, okay, so you can't.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

I just wonder what sort of world or country Rob Reiner imagines.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Well, it's weird. The two plus two equals five thing is a woke construct about math not being racist. So I don't know where he gets that from. The refusal to talk to people is born from a cognitive dissonance. If his beliefs get refuted by reality, he has to start rationalizing. And his rationalization there is, I don't need to talk to those people who might prove me wrong because we need to agree on something wrong first. So that kind of keeps him from having to debate. But as we know, when you remove debate, what was debate replacing? It was replacing violence. So what, what do you hope to put in place? Do you want just pure segregation, where we just go our separate ways and never speak, or do we settle things the old fashioned way? Shooting somebody?

[Harold Ford Jr.]

And Jesse, like, if you're not talking to the other side, you're just talking to yourselves. And that's a sure way to lose.

[Jesse Waters]

Well, they are talking to themselves out in California. That's all they talk to is other liberals. It's, I'm watching two liberals debate on whether to talk to me or not. This is the stupidest Conversation. Permission to make an analogy. It's like the Democrats are a guy who only shoots jump shots and they only play by themselves.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yeah.

[Jesse Waters]

They can knock down a few shots alone and then some Republican comes up and you want to play one on one and they don't want to play. And then when they try to play, they can't defend, they can't dribble, they're out of shape. And that's what this is about. They're afraid to play us because they're going to lose if they debate these ideas. Their ideas are dumb and we're going to wipe the floor with them. They know it, we know it, so they run away with the ball.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

Harold, how do you feel about that analogy? I thought it was pretty good.

[Dana Perino]

Anytime, anywhere.

[Jesse Waters]

We can a couple of things.

[Dana Perino]

First thing is you have to. I agree with you 100%. You have to talk to make progress. The person whose life we celebrated this last weekend, he lived by that motto. Greg, you're right. When you run out of ideas, any party runs out of ideas. And this time it's Democrats say never and ever in American politics, there's always shifts and Democrats will have themselves see themselves back in power, but not until they come up with new ideas. You also, to your point, I thought the most important point you made in a few weeks for Democrats to listen to and for everybody in politics, just because you disagree with someone and you think that someone is wrong on a policy issue, that doesn't make them a fascist. There's no need to name call people because I happen to think that. I think that President Trump was wrong to cancel a meeting today with Democrats, not inviting them to the White House. Democrats want Republicans in the House and Senate, I think to extend some of the Obamacare insurance because premiums are going to go up on health care and Republicans don't. Don't want to. I don't think the Republicans are fascists or Hitler because they don't want to do that. I just think they're wrong. I think my policy idea is better. That's if we don't talk to people you can't get. So I was, I was pleased to see Bill Maher and I know them both. I was pleased to see Bill Maher say exactly what he said to Mr. Reiner there.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

Emily, I've been around in Republican politics for quite a long time. I don't think Rob, I don't remember him ever talking to Republicans. I don't, I don't know when that was, when he's thinking about that. Good Old time. When was he talking to Tom delay?

[Emily Compagno]

Totally. I felt also that there was a disconnect in their conversation. And I think Bill Maher was describing having a conversation with someone of the other side like an actual, truly a conversation like we model. But Rob Reiner, I think, was trying to say, to get them to agree because he couldn't. He wasn't like, they weren't talking about the same entity. He was talking about having the ability to come to an agreement because a conversation. If Rob was having a conversation, then he would, you know, echo that, that Palestinian influencer of oh, carjackings. No one cares. But it's like, well, the Yar family cares. The Yar family cares because it was their father who was an Afghan interpreter and, and moved then to Philly through no help from the United States, by the way. But then Philly was robbed at gunpoint and so then moved to Washington, D.C. where he was then carjacked by a 15 year old and killed. That's the kind of thing that maybe then his 2 +2 equals 5 would see that it's 2 +2 equals 4. And that's what we've been saying the whole time. But I think people like that. The whole point is that's the problem because they would never even entertain to have a conversation with people like us.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

Oh, Emily. All right, I like it the fastest is up next if you're an illegal alien.

[Jesse Waters]

This is Jason Chaffetz from the Jason.

[Dana Perino]

In the House podcast.

[Jesse Waters]

Join me every Monday to dive deeper into the latest political headlines and chat with remarkable guests.

[Greg Gutfeld]

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[Dana Perino]

Welcome back. Adults are assigning themselves home homework for fun. Is this how you have fun? Dp?

[Harold Ford Jr.]

Oh, yeah. I remember years ago, Greg asked me, it was like Facebook Friday. And he said, what did you like to play when you got home after school ended for Christmas for summer break? And I said, school. But the great thing for me is that show prep for America's newsroom the next day. That is homework. It never ends. Homework is great.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Mr. Gutfeld, this isn't a real story. I call BS on it. Whenever they do these little weird, little trendy stories, they like found one person and they just, they just throw a dart at the board. Adult. Oh, homework. And they put the story together. Adult homework. That's how they make these stories. It's not real.

[Dana Perino]

Emily, your thoughts on this?

[Emily Compagno]

It's real for like a certain subset, but some of the classes people were taking, like how Capitalism Shapes female Identity.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Yes.

[Emily Compagno]

You know what I mean. How about just everyone read. Just read when you get home. Love it. It's awesome. They're lonely.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

I got great book recommendations of anybody.

[Dana Perino]

As someone who did so much homework in middle and high school, Jesse, do you find yourself enjoying adult homework as much as you did?

[Jesse Waters]

You know what I do for fun, Harold? I drink like everybody else.

[Dana Perino]

Well, one more thing.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Interest rates are dropping.

[Dana Perino]

Hey, I'm Trey Gowdy, host of the Trey Gaddy Podcast. I hope you will join me every.

[Jesse Waters]

Tuesday and Thursday as we navigate life.

[Dana Perino]

Together and hopefully find ourselves a little bit better on the other side.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Listen and follow now@fox newspodcast.com.

[Emily Compagno]

It'S time now for one more thing. Greg.

[Greg Gutfeld]

All right, we got a great show tonight. It's going to be Kat Tamp, Joe DeVito, Shawn Davis. The first time on the Sha Davis and Tyres. That's tonight.

[Emily Compagno]

Awesome, Jesse.

[Jesse Waters]

All right, Food corner. What do I do? Jesse has the munchies. Where is it? There it is.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Ah, you're here.

[Dana Perino]

All right.

[Emily Compagno]

Meeting friends.

[Jesse Waters]

We have sunscreen flavored ice cream. Oh, it's ice cream.

[Dana Perino]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jesse Waters]

Van Leeuwen and Carnival Cruise teaming up to collaboration, celebrating the end of summer. Greg, eat it.

[Emily Compagno]

It's totally great because it's good.

[Jesse Waters]

Coconut cream, cocoa butter, vanilla extract, sea salt. Not available in stores currently. Come on, Harold.

[Dana Perino]

I don't eat dessert.

[Emily Compagno]

This literally tastes like summer.

[Jesse Waters]

Oh, my God.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

Not bad.

[Jesse Waters]

That is beachy. Very beachy.

[Emily Compagno]

Yeah, it's butterscotch.

[Harold Ford Jr.]

Yes, it's a coconut.

[Greg Gutfeld]

Butterscotch. Yeah, a little coconut.

[Emily Compagno]

I'm so happy.

[Jesse Waters]

This prime time we have Carolyn Levitt, Charlie Hurt, Katie Miller, Julie banderas.

[Dana Perino]

Tonight at Eight, Different Story, Carrie Edwards from Mint Lothian, Virginia won $150,000 the first time she bought a Powerball ticket. And instead of pocketing the money, she decided to give. Three charities she said she decided to give because she's blessed. She gave to the association Front Temporal Degeneration, a member of her husband, the Shalom Farms and the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. Congratulations, young lady, and God bless you.

[Jesse Waters]

What do they grow? Matzo balls.

[Emily Compagno]

Oh, my goodness. That's it. It for us, guys. Have a great night.

[Greg Gutfeld]

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