On CNN This Morning, Jonathan Kott, a DC lobbyist and former aide to senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), predicted that Trump supporters will give him six to eight months, but then "turn quickly" on him when the improvements in their lives he promised don't materialize. That's soothing speculation for CNN's base, but Kott's powers of prognostication have a questionable track record. Less than two months before the 2024 election, here's what Kott, in a Fox News appearance, predicted: "I think voters are still getting to know Kamala Harris. And she's introducing herself. And the more she does, the more they like her, and the more her poll numbers come up. I'd be worried if I was Donald Trump."  Contrary to Kott's conjecture, the more voters got to know Kamala, the less they liked her. And when it turned out she was for "they/them," and Trump was for you, it was game, set, and match. Kott's no Nostradamus. If couldn't see just a few weeks into the future, don't bet the rent on his ability to see six to eight months ahead to a day when Trump fans will supposedly "turn quickly" against him! As the song says, he sounds like the King of Wishful Thinking. Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 2/5/25 6:09 am ET KASIE HUNT: Jonathan Cott, you worked for Joe Manchin for many years, right? Interesting, you know, cuts his own figure, but also represented a state that really exemplifies the way our politics has changed, right, in the last 30 years, where it went from voting consistently for Democrats for years and years, and then ultimately became essentially the Trumpiest state in the union.  What of what Donald Trump has been doing here is kind of resonating, not with MAGA and the far right of the party that's very online and very politically engaged, but with regular people who are unhappy with their economic prospects and their lives.  I mean, what's he doing that's good, and what is he doing that is politically risky for him?  JONATHAN KOTT: All of it right now is good because they love action. And Donald Trump is very good at making voters and people believe he's doing something.  The executive orders he's signing, 90% of them mean absolutely nothing. They don't do anything. But he's showing them that he's doing something. And that's where Democrats faulted in the last four years. So people in West Virginia see the action, and they love it.  I think what's gonna happen is, when they start realizing their prices aren't going down, the government programs that a state like West Virginia relies on desperately are going away, you're gonna see a turn from him. And they're gonna say, wait, you promised us all of these things, and now we're just getting this. And I would point out, not only tariffs were promised as a threat. Donald Trump told us they would lead us to this new gilded age of an economic boom. If they're so good, why aren't we implementing them? Why are we accepting that these sort of concessions that mean nothing and were already happening are good for the American economy? We were told throughout, tariff was the best word in the English language. Which is what he told his voters. And a lot of them believed if Donald Trump got in there, he was going to impose tariffs.  And there was going to be all this money flowing into our bank accounts. They're going to wait for that to happen. They'll give him six, eight months. But they'll turn quickly. 

Two controversies have just flipped the art world on its head: The “Mona Lisa” is apparently leaving the Louvre in Paris, France, and a long-lost van Gogh painting has experts at odds. Pat Gray and the “Unleashed” team unpack the reports. The Louvre — once “the most famous, most exclusive art museum in the world” — has apparently become “a run-down dump,” says Pat. “Paint is peeling off the walls; the temperature control system isn’t working … which can ruin the art.” France’s President Emmanuel Macron has announced that renovations are under way, with a special space being created for da Vinci’s masterpiece. However, Francesca Caruso, the regional assessor for culture of Italy’s Lombardy region, has since suggested that the painting be returned to its original home in Italy. “Leonardo represents Italian genius. Milan would be an ideal location to display the work,” she wrote, noting that the Winter Olympics, which Milan will host, is just a year away and is sure to elevate tourism. On the other hand, a French king — Francis I — purchased the “Mona Lisa” in 1519. It has been hanging in France’s Louvre for over 200 years. Regardless of who ends up with one of the art world's greatest treasures, it’s likely that this tug-of-war wouldn’t be happening if France were a thriving nation — that is, it did not open its borders and implement socialism. “You open the door to socialist policies, you put your country in a position to pay for everything, you don't have a big enough tax base for this utopia, so … you have to import cheap labor from third-world countries, and here they come from North Africa and the Middle East, and what do you got? You got an entire continent that's been overrun,” says Keith Malinak. The second controversy that’s shaking up the art world involves a long-lost van Gogh painting that was purchased for $50 in 2016 at a garage sale in Minnesota. It took expert analysts at the New York-based LMI group years and $30,000 to verify its authenticity, but their recently released 450-page report has declared that it is indeed a product of the Dutch Post-Impressionist master. Titled “Elimar” after an inscription on the front of the canvas, the work is believed by the art data science firm to belong to Saint-Rémy, now called Clinique van Gogh — a collection of paintings van Gogh made during his year-long stint at Saint-Paul sanitarium, during which he was a self-admitted patient. However, the Van Gogh Museum, the ultimate authority on van Gogh paintings, has denied the attribution to the Post-Impressionist painter, deeming the LMI group’s report insufficient. The painting is “thought to be worth over $15 million” and will soon be up for auction, says Pat, calling the entire ordeal “bizarre.” To hear more on these two art controversies, watch the clip above. Want more from Pat Gray?To enjoy more of Pat's biting analysis and signature wit as he restores common sense to a senseless world, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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