Gutfeld! Monologues - Pete Takes The Heat!

Episode Date: January 15, 2025

As seen on Gutfeld!, Greg delivers a monologue on how Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth handled some rough critics at his Senate confirmation hearing. Plus, Greg makes light of President-elect Trump's blustery foreign policy proposals.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tucker Carlson said Ray Dalio is one of the world's smartest investors, but more important, he's likely the wisest. Make yourself read this book. That book is how countries go broke, the big cycle. In it, Dalio explains the mechanics behind big debt cycles, and what they mean for countries with big and increasing debts like the U.S. and what you should do to protect yourself. You can find it wherever books are sold,

or read a five-minute summary of the book at Economic Principles.org. Thank you, yes, thank you. Yes. Yes. Yes. All of that is entirely appropriate. it. Happy Tuesday, everyone. So former Fox and Friends weekend host Pete Hegesith faced some tough questions during today's confirmation hearings. Meanwhile, another Fox and Friends host spent the morning removing a paper jam from the Xerox machine. During the hearing, Tim Kane grilled Hegseth over cheating. Because if there's one thing Tim hates, it's men who cheat on their wives. I hope he got the HPV vaccine before he did that.

I don't even know what that is. Kid Rock is scheduled to perform at Donald Trump's inaugural celebration. Because of the occasion's historical importance, he'll be wearing his formal wife beater. Slingshot. Starbucks customers will now have to buy something in order to use the back. bathroom, especially if they're leaving a grande. Climate warrior Leo DiCaprio has fled L.A. on a private jet as the fires continue to rage.

He was seen leaving his house with his most prized possessions, Britney and Amber. In defending his fire response, Governor Newsom sent people to a DNC fundraising site. He also defended his homeless policy with a coupon for tents. An only fan sex worker claims she was with over 1,000 men in 12 hours, breaking the previous record set by the Lincoln Tunnel. Oh! Oh! Wow.

Yeah. I know. Yeah, Mark Zuckerberg ordered the removal of tampons for men's bathrooms at META. Tim Walt said this means war, which means he then ran away. Kevin O'Leary claimed Donald Trump shot a 68 at Mar-a-Lago, with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, replying, big deal, we shoot that many over a holiday weekend. Ex WNBA player Liz Kambage is now on only fans and makes 10 times as much as she did as a pro athlete. Call me curious, but I wonder if she's kept her ball handling skills.

What? I don't get it. All right. Starting January 20th, we're about to see a radical change. Let's call it the return of common sense. It's quite a departure from a woke intern signing pardons for a chief executive who can't remember if he's giving a eulogy or climbing into the box. We're actually going to have decisions designed for the real world. America first instead of America sucks. We'll be back with more Gutfeld. Yes, with Trump imminent, common sense is on the march.

Start with the glut of companies who've now rolled back their DEI policies. McDonald's, Walmart, John Deere, Harley-Davidson, Lowe's, META. So that giant sucking sound you hear? No, it's not Kamala on a job interview. What? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. She's not good at job interviews. Weird.

That sound is thousands of DEI consultants, woke content checkers, and HR quota cops polishing up their resumes and seeing their plans for a lakehouse go up in smoke or rather down the drain. Either way. That's the true Trump effect, a wave of practical thinking that's driving the elites insane. Take Starbucks, for instance. They just announced that if you want to use their restrooms, you got to buy something other than time. In other words, if you want to take a dump and then shoot. up, do that where you're supposed to, on the subway.

Now you can't walk 10 feet in America without bumping into a Starbucks. These joints have become like America's public square. So this policy shift is a tell. It's like a blood test whose results give you the American mood. And that mood is, enough of this indulgent, childish detour the nation has taken and back to the hard reality of things that actually work for society's benefit. You'll even see it in Trump's foreign policy. Take Greenland.

Trump would like to. He's not alone. This week, House GOP members introduced a bill that would authorize Trump to negotiate with Denmark to acquire Greenland. And the Danish government are reportedly open to discuss boosting U.S. military presence there. Hell, one poll found a majority of Greenlanders approving to become part of the U.S. Here's a few of them right now. They're an adorable people. And no surprise, the elites here and overseas are melting down, which must mean, again, it makes sense.

These people get a rash on their ass every time they're faced with reason and logic. For some people, it's the size of Greenland. So why focus on Greenland, on Canada, on the Panamaac anal? Thank you. Thank you. Your fault. Back to the monologue. But it's simple.

Shipping, prices. Trump has vowed to bring down inflation, and he knows that the cost of moving goods in an age of global trade has the greatest impact on the prices Americans pay. Can you imagine Biden and Kamala knowing something like that? I guess it's not price gouging after all, you dumbasses. But what Trump is really doing is creating leverage, something the last president needed to get himself out of bed. But it's leverage to ensure

that as new shipping lanes open up in the Arctic, America isn't literally left out in the cold while Russia and China assert themselves up north and south too in the Panama. In other words, these are policies that might actually benefit the American economy. These aren't the fever dreams of a non-binary furry furry whose pronouns are doggy in style. And people who know the global economy get this. So what about those evil tariffs? Listen to J.P. Morgan's CEO, Jamie Diamond, school Leslie Stahl on Trump's tariffs. But what about advice to him on some of the policies that he's threatening to do that could hurt the economy?

For instance, tariffs. I have not spoken about tariffs. I think you should be the art of the deal. He's a negotiator. He lays out some very tough things, and sometimes it works. We have to worry more about national security, resiliency, diversified supply chains, and we didn't. Tariffs are a way, every tool properly used that can help get some of those issues resolved. You think it is a legitimate negotiating tool.

Absolutely. Also, you're a tool. Put that in your stall, Leslie. So you need more proof that. Common Sense is returning. The owner of the L.A. Times just admitted his paper's endorsement of Karen Bass for mayor was an error. Wow, you think? That's a gutsy take. Next, he'll say it was a mistake to smoke cigarettes on the Hindenburg.

So it seems common sense is spreading faster than crabs at Larry Cudlow's seafood bonanza. The backlash is backed off. Bottom line, January 20th, is really going to be about the return of the adults. So enjoy your playtime, kiddos. In six days, recess is over. Listen ad-free with a Fox News podcast plus subscription on Apple Podcasts. And Amazon Prime members can listen to this show ad-free on the Amazon music app. It's the Will Kane Show.

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