{"id":30471,"date":"2024-09-19T13:54:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T17:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=30471"},"modified":"2024-09-19T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T17:54:38","slug":"theater-of-the-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/theater-of-the-absurd\/","title":{"rendered":"Theater of the Absurd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If ten years ago you had told me that the most interesting television presidential interview would be Greg Gutfeld and Donald Trump, I would have said, &#8220;Greg who?&#8221; followed by, &#8220;You mean the guy from The Apprentice?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Gutfeld provides Trump with one of the only television spaces where he&#8217;s not fending off attacks from so-called journalists.\u00a0 Now I don&#8217;t count the Hannity type infomercial.\u00a0 It&#8217;s too phony for anyone to take seriously.\u00a0 And surprisingly, Trump doesn&#8217;t seem at ease when he sits down with Tucker Carlson for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<p>With Gutfeld and his panel of goofballs Trump seems jovial and loose which is when he&#8217;s at his best.\u00a0 And Gutfeld has a decent sized audience for cable tv.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been watching Gutfeld on and off since his &#8220;Red Eye&#8221; days.\u00a0 He&#8217;s basically a libertarian but he doesn&#8217;t attack the Right much anymore so he&#8217;s relatively benign.\u00a0 Good to see Trump getting a platform.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gutfeld! 9\/18\/24 FULL HD \u15b4O\u166d \u15f7\u1587E\u15e9KI\u144eG \u144eE\u15efS T\u1587\u144c\u15f0\u146d September 18, 2024\" width=\"783\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GJoBthn9df8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If ten years ago you had told me that the most interesting television presidential interview would be Greg Gutfeld and Donald Trump, I would have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3344,2858,3250,4250,16,337],"class_list":["post-30471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-2024-elections","tag-fox-news","tag-greg-gutfeld","tag-news","tag-trump","tag-tv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - 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