Greg Gutfeld’s blunt point on The Five was simple and cutting: the left hasn’t softened, but conservatives have recalibrated how they fight. Gutfeld argued that what many call “radical” about President Trump is really the GOP finally matching the left’s ferocity and refusing to be silenced by establishment gatekeepers. His comments came during the roundtable exchanges that make The Five a barometer of conservative strategy and media pushback.
Conservative commentators have picked up Gutfeld’s theme and pointed out that Trump didn’t make the fight; he changed the rules of engagement. From insisting on blunt truth-telling to refusing to play by the press’s polite script, Trump forced Republicans to stop apologizing for winning and start defending American interests unapologetically. That shift was debated on air as a tactical evolution, not a fluke, and it’s already reshaping campaign playbooks and debate prep.
What the left calls outrage is often just the old guard defending its monopoly on acceptable speech, and Gutfeld has been merciless in exposing that hypocrisy. He’s warned that Democrats and their media allies aren’t interested in compromise, only dominance, and that their talk of “deprogramming” or cleansing dissent reveals the real aim: political re-education, not persuasion. Those warnings aren’t theatrical; they’re a wake-up call about how the other side operates when it isn’t being held to account.
The payoff for conservatives has been a clearer, tougher message that actually resonates with voters tired of being lectured by elites. Instead of retreating into technocratic niceties, GOP voices now push policies and narratives that prioritize national sovereignty, law and order, and economic common sense — and they do so loudly. That is exactly what Gutfeld and others defended on-air: confidence over self-censoring, results over performative purity.
If anything, the lesson for Republicans is practical: don’t let the media’s rules be your rules. Fight for the narrative you want, defend the gains you’ve made, and stop offering the opposition the benefit of the doubt they never return. That kind of clarity is why Trump’s style still matters to the movement and why media-savvy hosts keep hammering the point.
Fox’s roundtable shows remain a crucible where conservative strategy is tested and hardened, and Gutfeld’s heat checks are part of that necessary debate. The Five’s mix of grit and mockery reflects a broader conservative revival that refuses to play mute while institutions are remade by the left. Americans who value free speech and common-sense governance should welcome the fight, not flinch from it.
