GUTFELD: Trump's not only willing to talk about his policies, but he'll talk to anyone, everyone, at any time

So, Donald Trump gave an interview with scientist Lex Fridman yesterday. Now, it may not be the biggest news, but it does tell you that Trump's not only willing to talk about his policies, but he'll talk to anyone, everyone, at any time. He'll put everything out there, answer any questions, so you know who he really is. Now compare that to Harris. Imagine if they were real estate agents. Trump would take you on multiple house tours, show you every nook and cranny, the showerheads, the basement, the utility room. He'll show you the servant's entrance, which isn't a euphemism. 

He might never shut up as he points out the woodwork in the crawl space, as you get more than everything you wanted to know before making an offer. Now compare that to Harris. If she were the agent, all you'd have is a single picture on the website, and it might look like this. But when you go to see it, it looks like this. See, Trump not only has nothing to hide, it wouldn't matter to him if he did. Hell, he'll tell you where he stands on anything. Even when bullets are flying, he still has to get the last word in. The Trump-Vance ticket has done about 37 interviews since last month, compared to only one for Harris and Walz. 

So, wherever you stand politically, the fact that Trump will tell us what he intends to do in office makes him, right now, the far superior candidate. Well, that, and he didn't bang Willie Brown. But the truth is, Kamala is quite burdened by her past. Whether it was helping to destroy San Francisco, her bang-up job with our southern border or that she fakes phone calls like when Kilmeade calls me asking for money. Meanwhile, with Lex and Trump, Donald showed his usual flair for nuance. Like, is Kamala a Marxist?

DONALD TRUMP: Well, she's a Marxist.

LEX FRIDMAN: Her father's a Marxist, and she's...

DONALD TRUMP: That's a little unusual.

LEX FRIDMAN: Whenever we use terms like communism for her and I don't know if you know this, but some people call you a fascist.

DONALD TRUMP: Yeah, they do. So I figure it's alright to call them a communist. Yeah, they call me a lot worse than I call them. 

There you go. Then Fridman bragged that he had a lot of friends.

LEX FRIDMAN: I have a lot of friends who are independent, many of whom like your policies, but they are troubled by what happened in the 2020 election and statements about widespread fraud. What can you say to those independent voters to help them decide who to vote for?

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DONALD TRUMP: Right, I think the fraud was on the other side. I think the election was a fraud, and many people felt it was that, and they wanted answers. And when you can't challenge an election, you have to be able to challenge it.

Now Trump, makes a good point. Just because they don't let you prove something doesn't mean it isn't true. That's why, until you come to measure my height, I still assert I'm five foot seven. But what about UFOs? Of course, a lot of people are very interested in footage of UFOs.

LEX FRIDMAN: A lot of people are very interested in footage of UFOs. The Pentagon has released a few videos. And, there's been anecdotal reports from fighter pilots. So a lot of people want to know, will you help push the Pentagon to release more footage, which a lot of people claim is available?

DONALD TRUMP: Oh, yeah. Sure, I would do that. I'd love to do that. I have to do that.

See, now, it's not clear if Trump really believes UFOs, but he sees it's an apolitical issue where just being curious is a sure win because we all want to know. For example, are anal probes all they're cracked up to be? I'm still not convinced, aliens! Prove me wrong. Trump also suggested he'd release Jeffrey Epstein's entire client list. 

LEX FRIDMAN: It's just very strange for a lot of people that the list of clients that went to the island has not been made public.

DONALD TRUMP: Yeah, it's very interesting, isn't it? Probably will be, by the way.

LEX FRIDMAN: So if you're able to.... 

DONALD TRUMP: I'd certainly take a look at it. 

Maybe, finally, all those famous libs who claim they'll leave the country if Trump wins, actually will. He also pondered God. I wonder if he thinks our country is missing a lot of religion.

DONALD TRUMP: I think our country is missing a lot of religion. I think it really was a much better place with religion. It was some... It was almost a guide, you know. To a certain extent, it was a guide. You want to be good to people. Without religion, there's no real... There are no guardrails. I'd love to see us get back to religion, more religion in this country.

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You know he's right. Praising God sure beats worshiping a golden cow. Now, I had to get out of there somewhere. Lex also asked Trump if he thought much about death. I wonder if that is what it is.

DONALD TRUMP: It is what it is.

Say that to my urologist every month. But you also can't argue with Trump's assessment of life.

DONALD TRUMP: And you know, to a certain extent, life is what you do while you're waiting to die, so you might as well do a good job.

Take that, Aristotle. In your face, Plato. Trump pretty much sums up the meaning of life in his own way. Calm, thoughtful, no political bull---t. A little harsh, maybe. Just a billionaire everyman. The guy that Americans relate to far more than what's become of the Dems. I mean, look at their candidate, which her party is happy to hide because transparency would only reveal a vast nothingness, a lonely cackle in the wilderness, a career hack that hides her views and led a palace coup against her boss. And yet it's Trump, the known quantity, who's the risk. But God forbid you be objective over him because that only helps him.

'MORNING JOE' HOST: For some reason, the mainstream media have... What are we nine years into Donald Trump's era in American politics, still doesn't know how to cover Donald Trump. And their objective and I put that word in quotes. Their objectivity actually is not objective at all. It ends up playing to Donald Trump's advantage every day because they are so numbed by the hate.

OK, let me translate those anuses. If we play up the threat enough, then we don't have to be objective. When I tell you being unbiased is wrong, I'm actually being biased when I say it. But that's OK because being unbiased is wrong. You follow? Neither do I. Meanwhile, they ignore the fact that the guy they claim is an unforeseen danger will talk to anyone who will listen. 

Remember, it was Trump who actually went and talked to the little rocket man who told NATO and China to pay up, who told Mexico to knock it off. This was the Donald Trump who would actually talk to you and not have the media do it for him.

46 days: Kamala Harris has yet to do formal press conference since emerging as Democratic nominee

Vice President Kamala Harris' interview drought finally ended last week, but after 46 days as the presumptive and now official Democratic nominee for president, she has yet to hold an official press conference.

Under pressure to sit down for a substantive interview after weeks of stonewalling, she agreed to a sit-down with CNN's Dana Bash last Thursday in Georgia, joined by running mate Tim Walz.

Harris defended some of her noted policy flip-flops on issues like fracking and immigration, saying her "values" hadn't changed. She was also pressed on whether she had regrets about defending President Biden's mental acuity after his debate, given he dropped out of the race less than a month later. She also said she wanted to "turn the page on the last decade of what I believe has been contrary to where the spirit of our country really lies."

Bash pointed out Harris had been vice president for three-and-a-half of those years, but Harris countered she meant moving on from this "era," seemingly referring to the political rise of Donald Trump that began in 2015.

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Following Harris’ first sit-down interview, NBC News Washington correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, who is known for her glowing Biden-Harris coverage, appeared unimpressed. 

"Harris keeps saying ‘my values haven’t changed’ while not explaining why her positions have changed," Alcindor wrote. 

As to when she'll actually do a formal press conference, that day may never come. Sunday marked exactly six weeks since Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris; no other Democrat challenged her and she quickly wrapped up the nomination from there.

"You will not see one press conference from her in the next 75 days until Election Day," Fox News contributor Joe Concha predicted earlier this month.

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck feels the vice president "obviously owes it to the American people to hold free-wheeling press conferences where reporters can, unlike what happened [Thursday] with CNN's Dana Bash, ask follow-up questions."

"For every softball from, say, ABC or NPR, you'll hope a liberal journalist will show some courage to do the right thing," Houck told Fox News Digital. 

"The interview itself had a positive atmosphere. From the get-go in the hype video-like opening by Bash, CNN put forward a perception that this was an event, not a grinding fact-finding mission," Houck continued. "She missed a litany of topics with Harris. Allowing death row inmates to vote, closing ICE, defunding the police, ending private insurance, girl's sports, the filibuster, Jussie Smollett, the Minneapolis bail fund, systemic racism… those were just a few of the areas she could have touched on."

Former President Trump has sought to highlight the contrast in media availability between the two, sitting for several lengthy interviews in recent weeks and also holding a pair of press conferences.

Harris received mixed reviews for her showing on Thursday with Bash, where she took the majority of the questions but nevertheless had Walz there for support.

One point that received praise from liberals was her pointed dismissal of a question about Trump's suggestion that she didn't embrace being Black until adulthood. Calling attacks around race from Trump a tired "playbook," she told Bash to move on to the next question.

But conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings said the Trump campaign should be "salivating" over one of the revelations from the interview, which appeared to be her embrace of so-called "Bidenomics."

"She is making it clear that she will embrace and be a continuation of Biden's economic policy — his record — what they've done," he said. "She offered no remorse, no regrets, no introspection about anything they've done."

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By doing the interview, Harris met the bar she set three weeks ago that she wanted to schedule one by the end of the month. Whether pressure will grow for her to do more, and also her first solo interview as a candidate, remains to be seen.

"My fear is, because Bash wasn't like, say, CBS's Steve Kroft or NPR's Steve Inskeep salivating at the sight of Barack Obama, the liberal media will claim this and the upcoming ABC debate are sufficient interview time for the campaign," Houck said.

Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report. 

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