Donald Trump uses Pete Rose to justify soldier's alleged shady Maduro bet, and he's not wrong

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld and the ‘Gutfeld!’ panel consider the ‘Trump effect’ on Major League Baseball reinstating Pete Rose.

Nobody on the planet is still more outraged at the Pete Rose situation than Donald Trump. A lot of things irk the president, and for good reason.

The insufferable media. Democrats. The fact that Iran can't seem to pick a new Supreme Leader. Rosie O'Donnell. The list is long, and it's expansive.

But the late, great Pete Rose getting kicked out of baseball decades ago for gambling eats at Trump every single day. Why? I have no idea, but I respect it. Years ago when Rose died, Trump wrote a novel of a Truth Social telling MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to grow a pair and put Rose in the Hall of Fame. It was amazing.

Anyway, Trump and Rose are BACK in the news this week. That's right. Strap in.

MLB COMMISSIONER ROB MANFRED CALLS DECISION TO TAKE PETE ROSE OFF PERMANENTLY INELIGIBLE LIST 'DIFFICULT'

Pete Rose holds a star bearing his name before the MLB National League game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Diego Padres at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on June 24, 2016. (Sam Greene/The Enquirer)

The president was asked Thursday about the situation involving U.S. Special Forces soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was recently charged by the DOJ for unlawful use of confidential government information. What did he do?

Well, he allegedly placed a series of bets on prediction market Polymarket that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would be out of power by Jan. 31.

Van Dyke was involved in the planning and execution of capturing Maduro for about a month beginning Dec. 8, 2025, according to the federal prosecutor’s office.

Thoughts, Mr. President?

"Was he betting that they would get him, or