‘The View’: Whoopi Goldberg Says Trump-Musk Feud Is ‘Fake’
On Monday’s (June 9) episode of The View cohosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin returned to tackle the “Hot Topics” of the day and, after it was glaringly omitted from Friday’s episode, the subject of Donald Trump and Elon Musk‘s very public spat finally came up.
After hearing what her fellow cohosts had to say about the matter, Goldberg revealed her theory: that the whole episode is fake.
“I love that ya’ll bought into it… I do believe it’s fake,” she said. “Yes, I do. It’s too strategic.”
After some disagreement from Griffin, who said Goldberg is giving the two “too much credit” with that assessment, Goldberg continued, “No, this is another distraction to keep us talking not about the stuff we are talking about but the stuff they want us to. I don’t buy them because they lie.”
Goldberg was previously the cohost who maintained that Musk was a “shadow president” under Trump’s second term.
Before Goldberg’s theory came through, the others shared their takes. For Hostin, it was “very funny” that the “big, beautiful bromance” between the two was over. “I mean, you have the president of the United States publicly squabbling with the richest man in the world on the social media sites that they own, fighting against each other. It was so messy and ridiculous and silly,” she said before adding, “And they say a woman is too emotional to run the country.”
Griffin then suggested that the most damaging thing Musk said about Trump was that he will be around longer. “The tweet that actually hurt the most was not Elon Musk saying JD Vance should replace you and you should be impeached, where you’re going to take the U.S. economy and throw into a recession. It was him saying Donald Trump is a lame duck. He said, ‘He’s here for three and a half years. I’m here for 40 years,'” Griffin said. “Because what he was signaling to Republicans on Capitol Hill is, ‘Be with me and be against this Big, Beautiful Bill,’ which is Donald Trump’s entire legislative agenda. And if people decide, shoot Elon Musk is going to be around for a lot longer than Trump, I’m going to side with him. That’s his whole agenda that falls apart.”
However, she later clarified, “In this fight, my money is on Donald Trump,” citing his stated willingness to cancel Musk’s federal contracts as a reason.
For Navarro, meanwhile, “I found the entire ‘Yo Mama’ contest between the two of them… amazing and entertaining, but it’s also horrifying because the question to Trump would be, ‘If Elon Musk is so bad, then how the hell did you give him unfettered access to our information?’ To Elon Musk would be, ‘If Donald Trump is so bad, then why the hell did you put in $300 million to get him and Republicans elected so that they now have no checks and balances?'”
She also suggested that the unexpected change in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia (a Maryland father who was deported to the El Salvador prison complex due to an “administrative error,” and the Supreme Court ordered the federal government to “facilitate” his return) is indicative of something larger. “I knew this thing had gotten out of hand for the White House when they even brought back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, the guy that they had disappeared into that gulag in El Salvador. They brought him back because I think they are so desperate to distract from what the rest of the world and America must find the most infantile tantrum between two really big babies.”
For Haines, the whole debacle just solidified another political holding that she has. “It’s funny to watch until you’re like, that is literally the president of the United States being matched tweet for tweet, at the same level of complete insanity,” she said. “But the bigger point here is, you’re watching Elon Musk lose all his millions of worth in one day, and then you’re watching this bill that’s going to add trillions to our deficit. Why don’t we just tax the billionaires? They’re going to lose it for fun.”
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I think everything you just said is a lie or a silly but dangerous conspiracy theory. In what universe would Joe Biden—a 40 year politician know for being a steady person, a non partisan politician (they used to exist!), good friends to many in the GOP, someone known for compromising to get legislation done—encourage an invasion of people from foreign countries!!! It’s not all that good for them or us. It’s shows that you don’t really know how bad things are in many other countries, and aren’t human enough to realize why people get desperate to come here.
You are talking like you’re on some tv show and there’s a 2 dimensional villain that you just love to hate. Joe is a real person, and he actually had deported more immigrants by this time than Trump has! But he used the laws that exist to do it, which is why it wasn’t bigger news. I think Trump likes it that he is going against all the laws America has held dear for centuries, and the Constitution, just like a king or dictator. And you buy it. SMH.
To be clear, that was a peaceful protest until all the police came—this is not only reported, but I know people who were thrrr. Believe their accounts more than your conspiracy level theories. Q-Anon addictions can be cured—look into it.
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Like he did for Jan 6 when they were attacking the police at the Capitol and pardons them all? He should've sent in the marines for that fiasco!
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He Tried to send 10,000 National Guard in anticipation Before Jan 6 but Your Nancy Pelosi declined them !! Facts !!
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Yes it would. You can add JFK to that list as well. In my humble opinion he was the last of the great Democrats. I’m a staunch conservative though Not a member of the GOP. It’s absolutely mind boggling what’s happened to the Democrat Party !! They have become by and large severe Socialist if not outright Communist !! They are as AntiAmerican as can be putting Everything and Everybody Not American Over and Above the USA !! Made me So nauseated seeing people spit on and burn Our National Flag while waving the flags of their countries of origin while standing on American soil !! Yes the great Democrats of the past Would be extremely sick of what this new breed of Democrats are doing to our country !! So sad and tragic.
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go back to bowing to your orange statue idiot.
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Go back to sucking as your name suggests
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