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Harold Ford Jr.
Hello everyone.
Dana Perino
I'm dana perino along with kayleigh mcenany, harold ford jr. Joey jones and greg gutfeld. It's five o' clock in new york city and this is the five.
Donald Trump
Won't be alone and we're going to have a much safer world when it's wrapped up. It'll be wrapped up soon. We're going to have a much safer world.
Dana Perino
That was President Trump sounding off as Operation Epic Fury enters Week three with the US Military delivering one major blow after another to Iran's military capabilities and dismantling the terror regime's missile production. US Forces also pounding Kharg island, that's Iran's main oil hub, as President Trump looks to form a coalition of allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Donald Trump
We attacked Cog island and knocked it, knocked it literally destroyed everything on the island except for the area where the oil is. I call it the pipes. We left the pipes. Just known that for a long period of time, just like I knew about the strait, that it would be a weapon, which I predicted a long time ago, predicted all of this stuff. He strongly encouraged other nations whose economies depend on the strait for blood. I mean, numerous countries have told me they're on the way. Some are very enthusiastic about it and some aren't.
Dana Perino
The President was also commenting on Iran's new supreme leader amid some pretty interesting reports. The New York Post claims that President Trump had a priceless reaction After US Intelligence told him that the new Ayatollah is probably gay and that his late father didn't think he was the right fit for the family business. But the President isn't even sure if the new guy is alive.
Kayleigh McEnany
Watch.
Donald Trump
They're saying that he lost his leg, one leg. And he's, you know, been hurt very badly. Other people are saying he's dead. Nobody is saying he's 100% healthy. And he hasn't, you know, he hasn't spoken because the Ayatollah would sit and he'd spew hate from a form of a throne. Not as nice as a throne. I like the English throne much better. But it was a. It was a fancy chair.
Dana Perino
And the liberal media's latest hot take. Apparently America is no better than Iran. And Epic Fury is racist as well.
Kayleigh McEnany
It takes a certain amount of arrogance and I'm also going to say it,
Dana Perino
a bit of racism to constantly talk
Kayleigh McEnany
about people like they are savages. That is a word that we have
Dana Perino
heard Heg Seth use.
Kayleigh McEnany
Our regime has secret police.
Greg Gutfeld
They have secret police.
Harold Ford Jr.
Our regime is oppressing women.
Kayleigh McEnany
We're marginally better. And we're doing it for Christianity. They're doing it for Islam.
Harold Ford Jr.
Right.
Greg Gutfeld
I don't think Hitler was selling merch. No, Hitler was very serious on his awful project.
Dana Perino
Joey, I kind of wanted to ask you to give us your take on the situation with the military at the moment, but do you want to kind of comment on the last bit there first?
JJ Jorgensen
Who is he even comparing to Hitler? We don't know anymore because it's just going full circle. We have no idea. Hitler was a vegetarian. So we're going to hate vegetarians now too. I don't know. I don't know why they sit there. Listen, by all intents and purposes, if predominantly white countries did the things that Iran did, I think we'd have no problem bombing the hell out of them too. I mean, that's it. It's not about who the countries are. Look at who the Allies are. I mean, we're working with pretty much every other Middle Eastern country that's saying this is a problem. I get really upset when we get into this. It's okay to question why now. It's okay to question how necessary was it. I don't mind that. I don't mind investigations on it. I want people to ask questions. I fought those two never ending wars. If this is over in a couple of weeks and that's my hope and that's what they say, then I think it makes a Lot of sense. But when you have Democrats sit there and go use the 13 that have died as their justification for not just opposing this, but working hard to work against just really. It makes me want to grind my teeth. I mean, we've lost 13 souls. The last time we lost 13 souls was surrendering Afghanistan. And if you didn't have anything to say with a botched operation, understand that we didn't have a plan to leave Afghanistan. We saw the Taliban coming and said, you know what? We can't stop them. So we're just going to get out of there as fast as we can. We don't really have a plan for it. We're going to surrender Bagram. We're going to surrender every strategic advantage we have, and we're going to leave Marines and soldiers outside the perimeter at gates as sitting ducks until enough of them die that it's a problem. And if you didn't have a. If you didn't have any criticism, if you weren't calling for investigations and hearings and impeachment over that, but you are now on an offensive operation where 13 souls have died, bombing Iran into the Stone Age, taking away a foe and their capability to kill us and hurt us, then you're intellectually dishonest, and you're dishonoring the service and sacrifice of both of those groups of heroes. And that's what bothers me so bad about where this is right now. I listened, replayed something. Chuck Schumer, you know, his speech on the floor. Just this idea that they don't understand that right now the job is to cheer for our troops, to win and win swiftly, and then have all your hearings and all your investigations and go raise your money.
Dana Perino
They're definitely not doing that. And all your stump speeches, they're definitely not doing that. I mean, on the first day, Hakeem Jeffries was like, ah, well, this is a failure, Kayleigh. But what did you think of. You can comment on whatever you want, but I would love your thought about when you have that clip that we played at the end where they said that the United States is suppressing women just as much as they are, but we're doing it in the name of Christianity.
Kayleigh McEnany
What. I mean, what are they talking about? Suppressing women? Like the Iranian soccer team, who. The reporting now is that they were goaded into, you know, taking this asylum claim. And then, as it turns out, that was not a. That was not an authentic endeavor. It was a staffer luring them in. And then these women's families were threatened. What do you mean, that's not happening here in the United States. They love this Handmaid's Tale narrative. They push it. It's just simply not the case. We have First Amendment rights in this country. We have all of the freedoms and protections of the Constitution, just like our male counterparts. But that's lost upon left and these insane commentators. I do want to emphasize the importance of this Carg operation that took place. It is a huge deal. President Trump going back to 1988 has spoken about it. He said they've been beating us psychologically. Speaking of Iran, making us look like a bunch of fools. One bullet shot at one of our men on our ships and I do a number on Carg Island, I'd go in and take it. Here we are, 1988. That's the year I was born. And yet here we are. President Trump is taking this action that he contemplated for the last 37 years. It's incredible. It's a huge operation. 100 Iranian ships sunk altogether. Now 6,000 combat fights and then 50,000 U.S. service members deployed overseas. And now we're looking at the Achilles heel of Iran. That's Kharg, which Carter contemplated taking. Never did it. But now you have President Trump. I just want to take one moment to acknowledge the latest six servicemembers who died overseas. There are some heartbreaking stories. John Kleiner, he had seven month old twins, he had a two year old son. And then you look over at Ashley Pruitt, a three year old child. She was mother and she lost her life. These are courageous. They are heroes. They are the best among us. And to the 13 who have lost their life, thank you from the bottom of my heart. We honor your sacrifice today and every day.
Dana Perino
Harold, thoughts on where we are, Even if you maybe want to touch on the economics.
Kayleigh McEnany
If you.
Harold Ford Jr.
Well first off, thanks to be with everybody and I would say first off, I know we all shared my prayers with Susie Walls and her family for their more belief and more strength and more courage and obviously to a full recovery for her. I'd say a couple things. I don't think there's any doubt. We have laid waste to we the United States and our incredible military has laid waste to virtually I got to think the traditional military infrastructure of Iran has been, if not depleted, pretty much devastated in such ways that it will be hard to reconstruct immediately. One thing they do still have according to some experts is access to the drones. And we've got to figure out our counter drone technology and measures will only get better as we have to deal with this for a while because it makes it when you think about it, our stance, when the president says we're going to end this, the question becomes when do the Iranians to what extent will they have some say in when we end it? Two, the newsy thing for me, maybe I had just not seen it. The president called it a war for the first time. He was asked why he made delay. He was going to go to China at the end of the month. And he said, I want to be here for the war. I've always thought it was the case and I'm glad that we're on the same page. I think there are three questions that remain and I would agree with everybody here, all the hearings, Democrats, we want to hold, hold Joey's right, hold after or at least not now. I mean, if we find ourselves in a more prolonged posture position, I can understand several months from now, but and even perhaps another vote. But this is not the time we need to be supporting our troops and for that matter, opening the Department of Homeland Security at the same time. But I think three questions come to my mind. Will we commit troops? I heard the president. I thought he gave I heard him this morning. Julie and I were talk. I felt like he'd been on TV three or four times today. I was confusing this morning on Fox and Friends with the two instances he came on later today. And I'm glad he answered a lot of the questions. But will we commit troops to uncover and or recover the uranium? I think in the immediate sense, can we build a coalition to help us in the Strait of Hormuz to whether it's escorting tankers or for that matter, helping in other ways to ensure that we get a better passage of infrastructure there, including oil, which fertilizer and other things come from as well. And where are we on regime change? I was a little unnerved to hear, I hope the reporting was wrong, that the president had some sort of response when learning that this new leader in Iran may have a sexual orientation different than his. The key is we have to beat these guys. I don't care if he's. His sexual orientation is the same or not. But where are we on regime change? And I think a number of Americans, for that matter, policymakers and politicians are probably curious about that issue as well. But Dana, I don't have a totally different perspective. I think that we need to, we need to be supportive of our troops. And I don't think it's unusual for serious and perhaps hard questions to be asked of the president. And he Answered a lot of them over the. Seemed like the six hours he was on TV today.
Dana Perino
Greg, you have notes. You have all of these things here. I don't even know where to go, because kind of talked about the media.
Greg Gutfeld
The new. This new ayatollah is gay. All right, so this explains why Kamala Harris did not choose him as vice president. Because we weren't ready to have a gay ayatollah. I'm not ready. I know that. I'm not ready. I'm not ready. Permission, Joey, to make a joke about a lost limb.
JJ Jorgensen
Oh, please do.
Greg Gutfeld
All right, so this prime minister, he's impotent. He's disfigured, he's in a coma. He lost his leg. When he wakes up, he's gonna be hopping mad.
JJ Jorgensen
Man, we've got so much in common.
Greg Gutfeld
One to ten.
Ainsley Earhardt
Ten.
Greg Gutfeld
Okay, thank. Kaylee is right. It's like the people that were always saying America would be the Handmaid's Tale. This dystopian fantasy of a totalitarian the. That subjugates women are now embracing the actual reality, Iran, which is a totalitarian theocracy that subjugates women. And I do love the fact that, like how. No offense, Harold. How Democrats are really sticklers about language. They certainly can identify a war. But try to pin him on the definition of a woman. Like, I know what a war is. Why would you say war? Okay, well, what. You say what a woman is first, and then we can. We'll work on war.
Harold Ford Jr.
I can tell you.
Greg Gutfeld
I know.
Harold Ford Jr.
Well, you're different.
Greg Gutfeld
You're a normal human being. Also, you listen to, like, Joy Reid, and she goes, well, there is Islamic and we're christened. Well, there's a difference. We don't separate the world into believer and non believer. We separate people by their behavior. They don't. Which is why they can torment non believers, because the behavior is okay. The accusations of Trump being manipulated by Israel, that accusation should go away once and for all. Kayleigh, you brought this up. He was talking the Iranian threat back in the 1980s, and he kept talking about it. He was talking about it constantly. I don't think he was. You know, he had Jerry Seinfeld on the line telling him what to say. All right? This is why Trump has resisted every label that you give him. He's not a hawk, he's not a dove. He just looks at risk and reward and incentives and disincentives because he's a businessman. This is something that hawks and doves, interventionists, isolationists, libertarians. This is their flaw. If you are imprisoned by an ideology, the adversary knows how to play you. They can see it. It's why they can't play Trump. Because one minute he's a dove, the next minute he's a hawk. It's because he's none of the above. He's simply just Trump.
Dana Perino
Right everyone, well done.
Kayleigh McEnany
No, you have to stay.
Dana Perino
Because coming up, the Democrats are starting to contemplate the unthinkable. Who are they without President Trump that
Harold Ford Jr.
makes you want to roll your window
Greg Gutfeld
down, stick your hand in the air, let the wild wind blow through your head, keep on riding til
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Greg Gutfeld
Will the left go mad without Orange man? Bad. According to Axios. Remember him? Democrats are heading toward a post Trump identity crisis. Quote, when Donald Trump is gone, they're not sure what they'll stand for. Top party strategists are warning they can't win back the White House in 2028 by coasting on voters dissatisfaction with the president and MAGA. So it begs the question who will Spartacus sashay against?
Harold Ford Jr.
We need people that are going to
Greg Gutfeld
stand up and fight for the Constitution
Harold Ford Jr.
and stay faithful to the oaths we swore, not be complicit in a reckless, out of control president who's calling causing chaos abroad and rising costs at home. This is clearly amateur hour at the Pentagon and in the White House. And again, the price is being paid
JJ Jorgensen
by all of us.
Harold Ford Jr.
Donald Trump and Republicans have taken affirmative steps to make life more affordable, unaffordable for the American people.
JJ Jorgensen
It is important for us to push
Harold Ford Jr.
back on what the President's doing.
Greg Gutfeld
And how will the lefty base cope without the T in tds wine creep. Jennifer Jennifer Welch crashing out over Joe for not locking up more of MAGA when he had the chance.
Ainsley Earhardt
Some comes down from Trump, right? Like they're killing people in Minnesota. Now he's bombing Iran.
Greg Gutfeld
You know, just horrible.
Ainsley Earhardt
People are dying.
Greg Gutfeld
Horrible.
Dana Perino
And I'm like, I hate those guys.
Ainsley Earhardt
And then my brain goes to God, Joe Biden us he us so hard. Oh my God. Because Merrick Garland should have put, should have prosecuted him.
Greg Gutfeld
Some of these trans women need to watch their language we're okay with the trancing. It's the, it's the words. So Harold, the Dems have an sob problem. The same old brand. They can't keep tracking in the Trump mud into their house. How are they going to stop?
Harold Ford Jr.
Look, I've said all along on the show that despite the turbulence that Republicans are facing over the last year and we have to admit I agree with you, Democrats have a branding problem. Democrats need to stop criticizing the war the way they're doing it. But you have to also admit the president's underwater on the economy, on health care he removed, I thought it was very interesting the president removed the 30 day or granted a 30 day removal of sanctions against the Russians, against Russian oil. If I were Democrats, I'd be calling on the President to give us a six month suspension of his tariffs because they're increasing prices on everything that everyday Americans are trying to afford. On education, Dana talks about it, has talked about it incessantly. We have to think about educating kids differently and more effectively in the country. And if I were Democrats, I'd offer these kind of plans on health care, a different kind of plans. If all we do is say that Trump, Trump, Trump is bad, bad, bad, I just don't know if that alone will win. I will say we have won. Democrats have won every gubernatorial election in the last year. They've won an overwhelming majority of the state legislative and state senate races as well as special elections for Congress. And some may chalk it up as they were in blue states or red states. The President won a lot of blue states and Democrats are faring well in some of them. But I contend all along I'm back to where I was. If we don't have a forward looking positive, you can say yes to our message. I'm not convinced we're going to win with the numbers we want means winning a majority in November. So I share a little bit of what you're saying. But we have an opening because Republicans and the president are not quite where they want to be on some of these key issues, mainly cost of living.
Greg Gutfeld
Kaylee, I don't want to be surprised or blindsided in November. Should we be honest now and say are we in, are we in danger?
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah, we are. If you look at historical trends, absolutely. The party that's governing wins choices. It tends to be a referendum on that party and they lose seats. So absolutely, it's an uphill battle and we have to be frank about that. But here's where I disagree with Harold. Elections are not referendums. They are Choices. And when you look at the polling, when given a choice, Republican, Democrat, this is an NBC poll. Republicans are beating Democrats plus 27 on border security, plus 22 on crime, plus 8 on immigration, and it's even on the economy. So if Republicans can litigate the issues and not the distractions, they end up winning. To Joe Manchin's point, as he told me on Saturday, he said if Democrats want to ever control again or be the majority or have a president who's a Democrat, they have to get with commonality of what is going on. You got to listen to guys like John Fetterman, not guys like Chuck Schumer. But John Fetterman is dismissed out of hand by party leaders like James Carville, among others. And you know, secondly, I would just say Jim Messina has a point. What's the governing strategy of Democrats? Because you could win this election, you could win the midterms because it's a historical trend. And you know, TDS is your strategy, but TDS cannot be the strategy in 2028. That's not going to take you to the promised land. And finally, I would just say Democrats have to figure out where are they on Medicare for all the left wing of the party wants that the mainstream does not. Where are they on Israel? Where are they on government run grocery stores? They've got a lot of divisions to work through. So for all the Republicans problem against
Harold Ford Jr.
that for Israel, I mean we can answer.
Kayleigh McEnany
You're the betterman wing. That's you know, the smarter wing.
Greg Gutfeld
And it's a good point. When the Dems argue that they should be given, you know, the reins, how can they say that when they will not embrace common sense? Because common sense is Trump's lane. It's like they can't actually argue that they can be trusted.
Dana Perino
They have blinders on. Right. And I look every day, remember like even during Kamala Harris time as vice president and as candidate, I looked every day for something to compliment, like give me something to work with and I never really got anything.
Greg Gutfeld
Yeah, that bothered us.
Dana Perino
An energy plan, an education plan, housing plan, one that was like not from the far left. I'm like not interested in mom dawning ideas. But the problem with the Republicans face is that while Kaylee's got those numbers of course exactly right about people would typically prefer a Republican position than a Democrat position. Voter enthusiasm right now is really with the Democrats. And what Axios wrote about is pretty much the situation that the Democrats have had since 2016. Who are they without Trump? They don't know. But could that be enough for them to win back the House? Yes, possibly.
Greg Gutfeld
What say you, jjj?
JJ Jorgensen
So, okay, I expect Democrats or liberals or progressives to be something other than what I believe in. That's why I'm on the right. And that's not to say it's adversarial, but that's just what I expect. So I don't critique them as much. 38% of Democrat respondents to this poll, I don't remember which one it might have been the Axios poll. 38% think that Republicans are stronger on immigration, trans policy, DEI and crime. The reason why I bring that up. So 38, you know, one third of Democrats believe that. Of course, most of the right does as well. Those are kind of the top policies that got Trump elected. What are Republicans without Trump? Because Republicans aren't immigration, they're not dei, and they're not crime. They may be trans policy, but how do they handle it? How do they really go about it? You know, do they go about it preaching or. They go about it the way Trump did and said, this is stupid. This shouldn't even be an issue. And so that's my problem, is what will Republicans be without Trump? I could see someone like JD Vance or Marco Rubio saying the things that need to be said in their own way. Maybe that gets Democrats all excited, maybe that gives them a villain. But does it give Republicans or the right a champion? I mean, I guess we'll have to go through a primary to figure that out. But what is American politics without Trump? He truly has defined the entire country's politics, partisan politics, maybe not policy, but partisan politics. In the time he's been in office now, twice, you know, three times, maybe.
Harold Ford Jr.
But anyway, it was twice.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah, he was still leading Republican politics. Even during the pandemic, he wasn't there.
JJ Jorgensen
That's my fault.
Greg Gutfeld
I mean, he's been president twice, but he won three elections.
Harold Ford Jr.
But you think about it, most presidents, Donald Trump is, I think, super sized in this regard, but most presidents, George W. Bush, he was the dominant figure. Bill Clinton was certainly a dominant figure.
Dana Perino
I mean, Obama was with Obama. It couldn't be anything without Obama for a long time.
Harold Ford Jr.
So this moment.
Greg Gutfeld
But that's why they had to fix that election.
Harold Ford Jr.
Democrats need, they need. You're right. Republicans need to come up with specifics and Democrats need to come up with specifics. And if I were Democrats, I'd be asking about tariffs, I'd be asking about. Anyway, I just don't disagree with anything. But the economy is always more important than any issue.
Kayleigh McEnany
That's true.
Dana Perino
I also think that 2028, regardless, is going to be a generational change election. And that's what happened with McCain to Obama. Then America went back to Trump, Biden, and now inevitably it's going to go
Greg Gutfeld
to a different Joe. Biden in 2028 will be 86.
Dana Perino
Wow. That'll be a hell of a campaign.
Greg Gutfeld
I know. You never know.
Kayleigh McEnany
He should run again.
Greg Gutfeld
That's my point. Him and Hillary together. Up next, women are lifting up other women so they can get spiked in the face by.
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JJ Jorgensen
So much for the whole women supporting women thing from Utah State volleyball star Kaylee Ray was lobbying Arizona lawmakers to pass a bill simply to protect women's sports, sharing her experience having to forfeit a match in 2024 against San Jose State University because a biological male was on the opposing team. Well, that didn't matter much to Democrat State Senator Catherine Miranda, who told her to suck it up because she's played against guys before.
Ainsley Earhardt
I mean, you look pretty healthy. I've played against girls that look like you. You look very much in shape and strong. So you grew up one way. I grew up a different way. I would have taken on a man in a heartbeat. I played in. I was the only girl sometimes in men sports. But to have a man on my team, I would have welcomed it. But this is just my opinion. So it just depends on the sports mentality of that individual. And that's why this bill is bad, because you're just putting a whole community of women's sports in one category. When women like me, we have a different opinion. So how competitive do you think you really are?
Dana Perino
Oh my God.
JJ Jorgensen
I wonder why we didn't hear gasp in the room when she said that.
Greg Gutfeld
Awful.
Dana Perino
So, yes. Catherine Miranda, love to have you on America's newsroom. You would be welcome. We can blow the brake. We can talk for a while. I think she should stand in the middle of a volleyball court and have the Arizona State men's volleyball team take turns serving at her head. And then she can question other people's sportsmanship. There was a woman years ago that a young woman she was in college. She had been hit in the head by a male volleyball player who was allowed to play on the women's team. And she had a very severe concussion. She had hopes and dreams. She had plans for a scholarship. Everything fell apart. Everything fell apart for her. Now she was loved by her mom and dad. The dad came on with her. She ended up going to a good community college or a smaller state school. But when you have a ball being sent at 70 miles per hour towards your head, and that's what it is for guys, they're able to do that. Women, it's just completely different. The other thing is she talked about competitiveness as if she would have loved to compete against the boys. As I understand it, she has no record of competing in college.
JJ Jorgensen
She played on a Little League.
Dana Perino
Her campaign website says she received scholarship offers to play basketball at a community college in Arizona State. But if you're going to attack a decorated college athlete's competitiveness for not wanting to compete against men, you should probably have a little bit of a stronger pedigree.
JJ Jorgensen
Kaylee, I have to go to you next on this. This is the other thing she said. I thought this was just as bad. She goes, I mean, you look pretty healthy. You look very much in shape and strong. You know, it's like the way she was patronizing her, just the smugness of it. I feel like a lot of people that might have sat on the sidelines, even up until now are like, like there's no way.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah. Since she wants to talk about looks and attributes and this and that, I decided to just now look up her age. Catherine, this Senator Catherine Miranda, from what I could find, 61 years old. So you're saying when I was young. So this young woman, she's sitting across from what, 40 years ago, you would have, in your words, taken on a man in a heartbeat. I would have welcomed it. Pretty convenient to sit there being 61 years old, telling this to a young woman who has poured her heart into this. These young women. My sister was a college athlete. She was a hundred meter hurdler. She'd wake up while it was dark outside. She'd stay on that tarmac in the beating hot sun of University of Florida, put her entire life into that. That was her identity. And you're gonna say, when I was your age, I would have welcomed a competition against a man. Please. And notice, the most fervent advocate for men in women's sports are former athletes. Whether it's the woman who is never actually a decorated college athlete or Megan Rapinoe who's an Olympian. It is former athletes. When you are a current athlete, you won't put up with this. You won't take it. But the 61 year old can lecture the young woman. It is shameful.
JJ Jorgensen
Greg. I'm not sure how, but I feel like it's a great opportunity to just dunk on Megan Rapinoe.
Dana Perino
So if you want to take that.
Greg Gutfeld
No, I'm not going to do that. But permission, Dana, to you to in referring to Miranda with the C word. Go ahead.
Dana Perino
You're asking.
Greg Gutfeld
Yes, go ahead.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yes.
Greg Gutfeld
Okay. She's a coward. She's a full on coward. What is missing from this great story? And it is a great story and I'm glad that we're amplifying it. She admits that they are men. Yeah, she says that what's right. So she does this. She does this pivot that the left does. First they deny the charge. These aren't men. These are trans women who are women. They are women. They're no different than you. And then that's exposed as bs. And then it's like, well, so what if they're men? That's a good thing. It'll make you more competitive. The experience she cites, even in this thing, when she goes, well, I played against men sometimes. She was clearly lying.
Kayleigh McEnany
Like skee balls.
Greg Gutfeld
Yeah, she knew she was lying. She was playing with her brothers in the little league, probably T ball. And she acted like it was flex. She was lording this over. Imagine if you are talking to a child that has been severely abused and you go, well, you know what, Junior? My dad used to spank me and look how I turned out. I'm fine. That's exactly what this self satisfied, smirking, egocentric hag owes all women an apology, not just college athletes, but for the entire sex that she has embarrassed comparing herself in Little league to a Division 1 playing and that somehow being in Little league made her more competitive than this. I mean, there were no. By the way, Kat points this out. There is no scholarship at play when you're playing little league sports, you douchey hag. Sorry. I'm not sorry.
Dana Perino
No, don't be sorry.
Greg Gutfeld
Let's do this hour.
JJ Jorgensen
You got any classy insults?
Harold Ford Jr.
No.
JJ Jorgensen
Thinking about.
Harold Ford Jr.
You know, I agree with everything around the table. I don't disagree. I think that Ms. Miranda, if you want, we have a history of competition and a history of exclusion and a history of opportunity around this issue. The reason we have the titles that we have around women competing in sports is because there weren't Opportunities for women for a whole variety of reasons. And one of them is that the competition level certainly changes the older you get. Mr. Randa saying that she wanted to make herself a better athlete. Normally, when you want your kids. My son, who's 10, he'll play with boys that are 12 and 13. My daughter, who's 12, will play with. With girls that are 13 or 14 if we want. If they want more competition. You don't endanger them and you certainly don't limit opportunities for them as they get older and want to go to college. The reason we have scholarships for women in sports is because there was not opportunity there. And it's clear from all the things that have been said, we have a history of people being hurt. And for that matter, opportunity is not being there. So. So I'm gonna give her the benefit of the doubt.
Greg Gutfeld
I'm glad it don't.
Dana Perino
Why she doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Kayleigh McEnany
What is your name again?
Greg Gutfeld
Miranda.
Ainsley Earhardt
What?
Greg Gutfeld
Her name should be known.
JJ Jorgensen
Catherine.
Kayleigh McEnany
Miranda.
Harold Ford Jr.
She's wrong.
JJ Jorgensen
She's such a feminist. She has two female first names.
Harold Ford Jr.
I'm gonna be very clear. She is wrong. And I hope that she comes to her senses because we have to have more people come to their senses on this issue. Because if we don't, we're gonna.
Greg Gutfeld
But, Harold, we all have. What battle is she fighting?
Dana Perino
Also, this isn't a new.
Harold Ford Jr.
But here's what she did do that was so great. You said it. Well, she said they were men. And for me, anyone that believes that they're not men, if you still believe they should be competing, I hope she sits back and understands what she said. That's the most important point from this conversation.
JJ Jorgensen
All right, well, we've solved that problem. We're going to solve some more here in a minute. Coming up on another Oscars. So another Oscars means another night of woke speeches and nobody actually saw it.
Greg Gutfeld
I generally don't.
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Kayleigh McEnany
Well, you didn't miss much if you skipped the Oscars like I do every year. It was boring, woke, and painfully predictable.
Greg Gutfeld
There are some countries whose leaders don't support free speech.
Harold Ford Jr.
I'm not at liberty to say which.
Greg Gutfeld
Let's just leave it at North Korea and cbs.
JJ Jorgensen
No to war and free Palestine.
Kayleigh McEnany
What we are demanding is a ceasefire in Gaza.
Harold Ford Jr.
People move on.
Kayleigh McEnany
But the people in Gaza and the
Harold Ford Jr.
west bank are still suffering.
Kayleigh McEnany
So, yeah, you know, Dana, this actress who wants a Gaza ceasefire.
Dana Perino
I'm sorry, who is that?
Greg Gutfeld
You don't know who she is?
Kayleigh McEnany
Karinthia Chandra.
Dana Perino
Okay, I have no idea.
Kayleigh McEnany
But here's the thing.
Dana Perino
There's been a ceasefire in place for six months. Yes.
Kayleigh McEnany
Okay.
Dana Perino
So it's like that. When I saw her say that, I'm like, oh my gosh, ma'. Am. Like, is nobody around to even give you an update on the news?
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah.
JJ Jorgensen
No. The answer is no.
Kayleigh McEnany
Karimtha. Greg, do you watch the Oscars? No.
Greg Gutfeld
And you know, it's. I did. I mean, I admit I do watch it. But I think the Oscars numbers or ratings are driven not by the movies, because nobody. It's more about the fact that nobody's seeing these movies. Nobody knows.
Dana Perino
Remember when on the five they used to make us watch?
Greg Gutfeld
Yes. But now it's like nobody, like none of nobody knows these movies. The curiosity drives the ratings. What are people wearing? Are they recognizable? After all the plastic surgery, this is Basically the Indianapolis 500 for women and gays. Like each year you tune in, you tune in for this Oscar race. So you can see the car crashes. Like, who has bad Botox was a mad. You look at Kimmel's face was horrifying. So I think that's, that's people tune in because it's fun to see what people look like and what they wear, which is fine.
Dana Perino
I watched that movie for 14 minutes.
Greg Gutfeld
Which one?
Dana Perino
One battle after another.
Greg Gutfeld
Yeah.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah. Jane Fonda wanted to block was wearing a Block the merger pin saying that she slept with the guy who created cnn. So there's that Joey.
JJ Jorgensen
Yeah. Hanoi Jane. Yeah. I love, love that woman. Her and Richard Blumenthal, she go live on an island somewhere together. My only thought about this, I haven't watched the Oscars in a long time, but I want to remind people it wasn't that long ago that movies like Lincoln was nominated for 12 Oscars and one best actor. Hurt Locker in 2010, nominated for nine, one, six, including best picture. Lone Survivor got two nominations. American Sniper got six nominations, including best picture and actor. And so we went from movies that showed real human cost of war to idiots wearing Free Palestine buttons not knowing anything about it whatsoever.
Greg Gutfeld
Weren't you in Lincoln?
JJ Jorgensen
I was in Lincoln. That's why I brought it Up. I was the guy with no legs in Lincoln.
Dana Perino
You should watch it to your exact point.
Kayleigh McEnany
I mean, where are the movies? Like Braveheart, my favorite.
JJ Jorgensen
That's a good movie.
Harold Ford Jr.
Like coming to America. I mean, I think that there are a lot of movies, a lot of things that. But again, I agree. Everybody has a right. Just turn the thing off. I watch the Grammys, the Globes, the Oscars. I watch what they're wearing. My wife likes to watch this. I watch what they wear. I watched for the opening monologue. And then I want to see who won best actor and best Actress. And then that's it. The rest of it, you know, people share. Would you want them getting up there and telling you how the creative process, how they were overcome by how they acted in the movie, how they wrote it? I mean, let them say the stuff they want to say and, you know, like, it just.
Greg Gutfeld
I don't think anybody's stopping them from saying anything. We're just forced to do this as a segment.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah. All right.
Harold Ford Jr.
You think I enjoy all the bashing Democrats?
Kayleigh McEnany
Well, I'm never watching the Oscars. I'm watching Love is Blind reality TV over those days. All right, up next, no more eating steak in your sweats. Ruth Chris is cracking down on dressing down.
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Visit Go Fox Redcross to donate to service to the armed forces today. Welcome back. Ruth's Chris Steakhouse is beefing up their dress code banning hats. They want quote unquote, proper tower, which means. Greg. No exposed undergarments, my friend. How do you feel about a restaurant that requires or has a dress code for its patrons?
Greg Gutfeld
I only want to see meat on my plate.
Harold Ford Jr.
DP are you. Are you a big fan of that?
Dana Perino
Well, I want to know how bad it was at all of these Ruth Chris restaurants that they had to put together a policy and a dress code because who's coming in a tank top and revealing clothing and exposed our undergarments? That seems weird.
Kayleigh McEnany
Yeah.
Harold Ford Jr.
You feel the same way here?
Kayleigh McEnany
No. I went to a steakhouse recently and I wore fancy gym wear for lunch and I thought I'd be kicked out and I wasn't. And I don't know. I'm also anti like dress codes at airports. So I'm a little different, you and
Harold Ford Jr.
I from the South. This may be inspired by our brother and the way they walk into these places.
JJ Jorgensen
This is deal, man. If I go, even if I don't go to church, if I go to The Cracker Barrel On Sunday, I'm gonna put a collar shirt on because everybody else in there is wearing one and I'm gonna respect that for them. I don't think there's a thing in the world wrong with some buttons and a collar to go out to dinner. I think it's the right thing to do.
Harold Ford Jr.
Sunday night at my house, I wear a shirt, tie and jacket.
Dana Perino
So my undergarments, no pants.
Greg Gutfeld
Sunday dinner, no pants. Sunday.
JJ Jorgensen
It's called a suit mullet. I look terr shop party down below.
Harold Ford Jr.
One more thing. One more thing is up next.
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it's time now for one more thing. Greg.
Greg Gutfeld
Oh, tonight we got a great show for Monday. Cat Tim Sherrod Small Aaron McGuire. And who is that? JJJ better hurry on over there.
JJ Jorgensen
I will.
Greg Gutfeld
All right, let's do Greg's romance news with animals as done by Harold Ford. First of all, it's great to be. It's great to be at the Palm Beach Zoo. Now, I don't necessarily agree with what the tape here is doing with the turtle, but I respect what they're doing together. And I've observed the writing. And maybe I see things a little differently than the way the turtle sees it, but I understand that if they do this together, I mean, what could happen if they just are using each other as floating logs? Now, I wouldn't do that myself. I would not do that. But I respect their right. I respect the turtles right for doing it.
Harold Ford Jr.
Take mercy for them.
Kayleigh McEnany
Stole his note.
Dana Perino
Joey.
JJ Jorgensen
Oh, I get to go second. All right, so this is really cool.
Harold Ford Jr.
That was good.
JJ Jorgensen
Fox Business is celebrating small businesses, so they're announcing a campaign to honor Made in America businesses. All the information right there. It's for America's 250th birthday. Up for grabs, $25,000 for three winners. Participants can apply with a video or a written entry. You can go to small businessawards2026.com to enter. You got to get it done by the end of the month. On March 30, go submit your business. That's really cool.
Dana Perino
I really love that. How exciting. Okay, so after a 62 victory over Canada yesterday, the US took home gold in men's Paralympics. Led hockey. There they are there. Congrats, guys. The US Is now the first country to win five consecutive Paralympic titles and the first country to sweep all three Paralympic and Olympic hockey events, with the men's and women's teams also bringing home gold. So there you are. Go Team usa.
JJ Jorgensen
You see the post where it said seeded rivalry.
Dana Perino
Very good. Very good, Harold.
Harold Ford Jr.
Now, standard Team USA theme. Last night, World Baseball Classic. Team USA beat the Dominican Republic 2 1, powered by two home runs by Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony. But I got to tell you, it was the pitching and the management of that pitching by Mark De Rosa, who came under a little criticism when the US Lost to Italy but managed a perfect game last night. I thought it was a controversial end of the game. Some people thought that we pitched, our relievers got. There it is right there. They said it wasn't a strike, but that went across the plate the right way. Congrats to them. We'll find out who they play Tuesday and tonight's tonight beat Canada too. We beat everybody. There we go.
Dana Perino
We are just on a roll.
Kayleigh McEnany
We are you 50 for USA, right?
JJ Jorgensen
Kaylee get tired of winning.
Kayleigh McEnany
So during Outnumbered today, President Trump announced that his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, has early stage breast cancer. She's choosing to tackle this problem immediate. Her prognosis is excellent. She will be spending virtually full time at the White House. Susie Wiles said nearly one in eight women in the United States will face this diagnosis every day. These women continue to rise with their families, go to work, serve their communities with strength and determination. I join their ranks. I salute her. Women with breast cancer are brave, strong fighters. Susie Wiles, a great example for women everywhere.
Harold Ford Jr.
Brave for that woman and her family.
Dana Perino
Absolutely. She's got a lot on her plate. Indeed.
Kayleigh McEnany
And she.
Dana Perino
And she's very gracious in all of it. All right, that is it for us. Have a.
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Episode: "Trump: Much Safer World When Iran War Wraps"
Date: March 16, 2026
Host: FOX News Podcasts
This episode of "The Five" dives into the ongoing U.S. military action against Iran, with a focus on President Trump's leadership during "Operation Epic Fury." The panel debates the impact of military strikes, media framing, American and Iranian leadership, domestic political implications, and flare-ups in culture and sports. The latter half covers Democratic Party identity issues, women in sports, reactions to the Oscars, and social commentary on current events.
Main Theme: Hitting Iran hard, forming coalitions, and Trump's unique style of wartime leadership.
Trump’s Statements:
Panel’s Reactions:
“President Trump going back to 1988 has spoken about it. ... Here we are, 1988. That’s the year I was born.” ([06:57])
“If you didn’t have any criticism...over that, but you are now on an offensive operation where 13 souls have died... then you’re intellectually dishonest.” ([05:26])
Notable Quotes:
Hot Takes Covered:
“The people that were always saying America would be the Handmaid's Tale...are now embracing...Iran, which is a totalitarian theocracy that subjugates women.” ([12:24])
Notable Quotes:
Ayatollah’s Status and Rumors:
Tone and Humor:
Theme: Who are the Democrats when not defined by opposition to “Orange Man Bad”?
Axios Story:
“If all we do is say that Trump, Trump, Trump is bad, bad, bad, I just don’t know if that alone will win.” ([17:11])
Republican Challenges:
Polling & Divides:
Key Event: Utah volleyball star Kaylee Ray testifies for women’s sports protections after being forced to forfeit a match against a team with a biological male ([24:46]).
“It is shameful...pretty convenient to sit there being 61 years old, telling this to a young woman who has poured her heart into this.” ([27:47])
Theme: Disappointment in Hollywood’s shift from substantive, patriotic films to political grandstanding.
“This is basically the Indianapolis 500 for women and gays... to see car crashes. Like, who has bad Botox?” ([34:45])
Trump on Coalition-Building and Strikes:
“We attacked Cog island and knocked it, knocked it literally destroyed everything on the island except for the area where the oil is. I call it the pipes. We left the pipes.” ([01:54])
JJ Jorgensen on Democratic Criticism:
“If you didn’t have any criticism...over [Afghanistan], but you are now on an offensive operation where 13 souls have died... then you’re intellectually dishonest.” ([05:26])
Greg Gutfeld on Partisan Identity:
“Will the left go mad without Orange man? Bad. According to Axios...They’re not sure what they’ll stand for.” ([15:16])
Kayleigh McEnany on Women’s Sports:
“When you are a current athlete, you won’t put up with this. You won’t take it. But the 61 year old can lecture the young woman. It is shameful.” ([27:47])
Greg Gutfeld’s Humorous Jab:
“This is basically the Indianapolis 500 for women and gays... you tune in for this Oscar race. So you can see the car crashes. Like, who has bad Botox was a mad.” ([34:45])
This episode weaves current military action, partisan debate, and culture war clashes into a robust, opinionated roundtable. The panel balances humor and serious critique, drawing clear contrasts between Trump-era decisiveness, liberal interpretations, and longstanding tensions around American values, identity politics, and cultural institutions. Those who missed the episode will find it a compelling snapshot of how "The Five" dissects—and sparringly debates—the hottest issues dominating headlines and dinner tables alike.