Gutfeld: I’m Going To Assume the Times Wrote the Op-Ed Until They Prove Otherwise

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GUTFELD: "Why would Bob say that? That’s an insider’s view. He knows that The Times ran that piece to trim the sales of his new book and hurt the paper’s chief rival, The Washington Post. The times was Tonya Harding and Woodward was Nancy Kerrigan. Taking out the legs of Bob’s book at the perfect time. Who wrote the piece? It didn’t tell us anything, so doesn’t really matter. If the writers claiming to secretly control Trump’s harmful impulses, why write an op-ed piece for The Times? That seems like the worst thing you do to control his impulses. It's like shooting yourself in the foot halfway through a marathon. Whoever wrote this, didn’t think it through. It could be absolutely anybody, anybody. Mattis, sure, Pompeo, okay. Ivanka, definitely probably. The Assistant Deputy Secretary of Commerce, why not? If anything is possible, why not some guy at The Times? The Jayson Blair of the moment, someone acting out of concern to save America just like the piece said. Crazier things have happened. The Times once endorsed Anthony Weiner. If Trump wants to out the op-ed operative, all he has to do is say we looked into everyone here, must be somebody at The Times. Must be, could be, what’s the difference.It could be the undersecretary for ditches and pipes or it could be Paul Krugman, except even The Times knows if they put his name on it, nobody would read it. Never miss a chance to hit Paul Krugman. Without further notice, Juan, I’m going to assume that The Times wrote it until they prove otherwise. They should want to clear their name by proving to me that somebody else wrote it."