GREG GUTFELD: Obsessing over your identity feeds your ego and starves you of precious connections

So Republicans person taken the House, cementing powerfulness crossed Congress and the White House. This arsenic Donald Trump conscionable nominated 4 much Cabinet members. He's putting a Cabinet unneurotic truthful accelerated he's similar Jesus with a powerfulness tool. Each represents portion of the MAGA alliance that either comes disconnected arsenic awesome oregon downright shocking. But that's the quality of the pirate ship.

You get each sorts, and arsenic agelong arsenic they're rowing successful the close direction, they're each aboard. Meanwhile, Trump and Biden's meet-up astatine the White House revealed the glee among some of them that adjacent the bitter, wound-licking media couldn't deny. But I deliberation Biden was conscionable happy to walk clip with anyone who isn't trying to enactment a expanse implicit his head. So wherefore is determination specified a feeling of optimism? It's the quality betwixt wanting and deciding. 

US President Joe Biden, right, and President-elect Donald Trump shingle hands during a gathering successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, US, connected Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.  (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In 2016, determination were things Trump wanted -- to beryllium the president, to person an impact, to determination Michelle Obama's value acceptable to the basement. Eight years later, though, the wanting has turned to deciding. Not conscionable for him, but for Americans, too, due to the fact that we've decided it's clip for a large change. 

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This should person happened 4 years ago, but that predetermination was astir arsenic unafraid arsenic the enactment plaything successful Chris Christie's bedroom. It's similar the full country's transitioning, but we're getting our balls back. See, we each privation stuff, but there's a constituent erstwhile you person to decide, yes, I'm going to marque my bed. Yes, I'm doing push-ups. Yes, I'm yet getting that One Direction tattoo lasered disconnected my back, past selling it connected eBay. 

So this was much than conscionable an election. It's a transformational moment. Like Jackie Robinson being allowed to play Major League Baseball oregon women being allowed to ballot oregon Ilhan Omar saying, I do, to her brother. We decided arsenic a state to determination forward. And that means nary much blaming the radical contiguous for the misdeeds of their ancestors. That's similar arresting my great-grandparents due to the fact that I'm criminally good-looking. 

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The Dems were looking backward portion doing things a-- backward. And they got dumped similar I did with Taylor Swift. You would, too. She snores similar Andre the Giant with a sinus infection. But truthful galore radical are taking this personally, arsenic if it's a rejection of their full mode of thinking. Now, truly, I privation Democrats to consciousness better. I'm bushed of seeing Rachel Maddow weeping astatine Home Depot. And truthful galore successful the media are miserable. Imagine being that distraught and not having your ain hairsbreadth to propulsion out. But the lone mode to get implicit it is to get retired of your ain head. 

Forget astir identity. Embrace the satellite astir you. Family, friends, the radical you spot arsenic you spell astir your day. Turn anxiousness into curiosity. Instead of worrying astir however time affects you, go funny astir however you tin impact tomorrow. Research shows that radical who dwell connected themselves acquisition much depression, but radical who crook outward regenerate that anguish with curiosity. It's wherefore I installed hidden cameras successful the Fox and Friends bathroom. See, individuality authorities is conscionable a fancy connection for "me." What bash I want? What hurts my feelings?

Obsessing implicit your individuality feeds your ego and starves you of precious connections. No wonderment a governmental decision feels similar a wound. But region individuality authorities and the ego shrinks similar Rachel Levine's nuts successful a acold plunge. I mean, compare Trump supporters to their opposites: RFK, Musk, Tulsi, Rogan, Tucker, Vivek. They're each curious, adventurous types with extracurricular interests. They surf, falcon, hunt, fly-fish, and permission dormant bears successful Central Park.

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But they person nary clip for self-obsession. They virtually bash not deliberation astir themselves. Unlike the noted Never Trumpers who person wounded egos tattooed connected their foreheads: Kinzinger, Cheney, Morning Joe. Geraldo's freaking retired truthful atrocious the authorities took custody of his mustache. Just look astatine the astir unhinged outbursts connected cablegram TV.

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THE VIEW'S SONNY HOSTIN: What is incorrect with this state that they would take a connection of divisiveness, of xenophobia, of racism, of misogyny implicit a connection of inclusiveness?

So, speech astir affectional wounds due to the fact that their outrage is rooted successful identity. But we're different. When my feline loses, and helium has, my beingness goes on. I get up the adjacent time and I get dressed similar I ever do... By a squad of Slovakian migrants.