Gutfeld: Is 'The View's' Brand Trump Bashing?

The View's Brand Identity

• 🎯 Greg Gutfeld questions whether 'The View's' brand is now solely defined by its constant Trump bashing.
• 💡 He suggests that if this core element is removed, the show might have nothing left to offer its audience.
• 🎭 The show is humorously contrasted with a "delightful chitchat fest" that would devolve into discussions about feminine hygiene if political talk was absent.

Impact of Toning Down Trump Criticism

• ⚠️ Reports indicate that ABC News executives have asked 'The View' to tone down their criticism of Donald Trump.
• 🚀 Gutfeld posits that such a directive could be counterproductive, likening it to telling someone to stop making poop jokes, which often leads to more such jokes.
• 🎤 He recalls a producer's comment about comedians on 'The View' not telling jokes for six months due to an obsession with political topics and COVID.

'The View' as a Microcosm

• 🧠 The show is described as a microcosm of the Democrat party, characterized as tightly wound, miserable, hallucinating, and angry.
• 🥗 Asking 'The View' to be less political is humorously compared to asking a specific personality to eat salads – an unlikely scenario.
• 📺 Gutfeld suggests that his own show, 'Gutfeld!', might be inadvertently helping 'The View' by exposing its content to a wider audience.

Daytime TV's Shift

• 📺 A reflection on the changes in daytime TV, contrasting past shows like Rachel Ray focusing on cooking with current shows that have a strong political bent.
• 🗣️ The constant political discourse on 'The View' is highlighted, extending beyond the show itself into commercial breaks and pre-show meetings.
• 🌟 The applause sign at 'The View' is theorized as a factor contributing to the show's perceived descent into madness, as it validates whatever is said, regardless of content.