As the Winter Olympics kicked off in Italy on Friday, MS NOW’s The 11th Hour host Stephanie Ruhle thought it would be an appropriate time to assemble a panel and examine the United States’ relationship with Europe. In a classic example of clueless news shows informing clueless protestors, progressive comedian John Fugelsang called ICE a “fascist goon squad” and declared it was obvious that Italians don’t want them there helping with security because some of them are old enough to remember the Mussolini era. Ruhle was not discussing ICE’s role at the Olympics when she was responding to the idea that Europe can just move on from the U.S., “Like we can be like, oh, ‘they'll have hot girl summer.’ Europe doesn't have a super strong economy. Like, Europe—a lot of European countries do have a huge amount of right-wing influence. So. Trump dumping them isn't like, oh, we can just let this roll. It's very difficult.   Despite the fact that ICE has done security at previous Olympics, progressive comedian John Fugelsang tells MS NOW, "a lot of Italians aren't really fans of having fascist goon squads around. So, grandma and grandpa remember. ICE at the Olympics, I mean—" pic.twitter.com/EClLsCEyD1 — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) February 7, 2026   That’s when Fugelsang chimed in to add, “They'll be rebuilding, and it'll be painful. But again, looking at the Olympics, a lot of Italians aren't really fans of having fascist goon squads around. So, grandma and grandpa remember. ICE at the Olympics, I mean—“ The real reason why some Italians are protesting ICE is because they have no idea what they are talking about. They are unaware that ICE does more than domestic immigration enforcement and has been present at previous Olympics without incident, and sensationalist headlines about its presence in Italy do not convey the fact that security is still run by locals. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations arm assists the State Department in providing additional security for U.S. diplomatic facilities, but networks like MS NOW reinforce protestors’ incorrect assumptions by inviting people like Fugelsang to throw around labels like “fascist goon squads.” It takes a special kind of crazy person to make Prof. Christina Greer seem like the relative voice of reason, but between Fugelsang’s false impression of ICE’s job and other doom mongering about the end of the close U.S.-Europe relationship, Greer pleaded, “It might be some rough times, sure, but also, God willing, and the creek don't rise. 2028, there could be a new American boy that comes in town. Or girl. We'll see. But I think that—let's, you know, not take ourselves too seriously. Europe is older than us. They'll figure it out.” Clueless journalists (or comedians) lead to clueless citizens. That’s true in the United States and in Italy. The case of ICE at the Olympics is just another example. Here is a transcript for the February 6 show: MS NOW The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle 2/6/2026 11:46 PM ET STEPHANIE RUHLE: Like we can be like, oh, “they'll have hot girl summer.” Europe doesn't have a super strong economy. Like, Europe—a lot of European countries do have a huge amount of right-wing influence. So. Trump dumping them isn't like, oh, we can just let this roll. It's very difficult. JOHN FUGELSANG: They'll be rebuilding, and it'll be painful. But again, looking at the Olympics, a lot of Italians aren't really fans of having fascist goon squads around. So, grandma and grandpa remember. ICE at the Olympics, I mean— CHRISTINA GREER: And—but here's the thing. It might be some rough times, sure, but also, God willing, and the creek don't rise. 2028, there could be a new American boy that comes in town. Or girl. We'll see. But I think that—let's, you know, not take ourselves too seriously. Europe is older than us. They'll figure it out.