‘The View’: Joy Behar Says Trump’s Iran Strikes Are ‘Scary & Confusing’ (VIDEO)
On Monday’s (June 23) live episode of The View, the cohosts started the day with a two-segment-long “Hot Topic” discussion of Donald Trump‘s decision to send the United States military to strike three nuclear sites in Iran with bombs.
Joy Behar, who was the panel moderator due to Whoopi Goldberg‘s absence, led the discussion and welcomed ABC News’ Jonathan Karl — the network’s Washington correspondent and coanchor of This Week With George Stephanopoulos — to field some questions from herself and cohosts Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
The cohosts were full of questions about the matter, including whether Trump’s claim that the sites were “obliterated” was true or if other administration officials’ words, including JD Vance, were more accurate. They also inquired about the legality of the attack, the history of the U.S.’s intervention in Iran’s nuclear program, and more details. As Karl responded to the questions, the cohosts at some points revealed their own particular takes on the events in motion.
Sunny Hostin, for instance, stated that Trump “potentially violated the War Powers Resolution” by initiating these strikes without the consent of Congress and added, “I believe this is certainly a clear violation of international law at the very least.”
After Karl then explained that presidents have been accused of doing just that for decades without much accountability, to which Joy Behar asked, “So what’s the good of having [the law] then if they all violate it?”
Alyssa Farah Griffin then issued her two cents by adding, “We’ve been using the 2003 AUMF to authorize every military strike in about 25 years, so Congress can’t be feckless and then be mad when they don’t like the outcome.”
Behar then namechecked some MAGA loyalists who’ve been “pretty quiet” in the wake of these strikes after insisting the movement was about not starting new wars, including Marjorie Taylor Green, Steve Bannon, and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
“Look, the MAGA movement’s going to be with the MAGA leader,” Karl said simply.
To close out the segment, Behar thanked him for appearing on the show to answer all of their questions, saying, “It’s always interesting when you come here and try to explain to our audience what’s going on because it’s pretty scary and confusing.”
“They are consequential and frightening times,” he agreed.
“We’re all holding our breath to see what they’re going to do next,” Behar concluded.
Portions of the interview can be watched below.
“This has been in the works for a long time.” @ABC News’ @jonkarl takes us inside Pres. Trump’s decision to strike Iran over the weekend and the impact of bombing the country’s key nuclear sites.
“What changed here is the opportunity and the belief that the Iranians were weak.” pic.twitter.com/Pygbv10eNT
— The View (@TheView) June 23, 2025
Will Iran retaliate after their key nuclear sites were struck over the weekend? “Anything they do will trigger a U.S. response,” @ABC News’ @JonKarl explains. “It’s interesting so far that they responded by attacking Israel, they haven’t attacked us yet.” pic.twitter.com/BVY6ODPLw1
— The View (@TheView) June 23, 2025
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Joy should go join the “students” who are getting an education in how to whine, moan, and bellyache so that they can be good little Liberal AntiAmerican Democrats !!
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Breaking News: Israel, Iran, USA have agreed to a Total Cease Fire beginning 12 hours from now !! The Iranian nuclear program has been totally destroyed, they no longer have the ability to defend their air space. The majority of their ballistic missiles have been destroyed and/or expended. This was/is a huge Win for Israel, for America, for our Military, for President Trump, for the Middle East and really in a way Iran, in particular the typical Iranian citizen. President Trump and staff tried their very best to resolve things peacefully, but Iran would have none of it. President Trump has said since 2011 long before he even ran for President that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Had Iran been allowed to have a nuclear weapon they could have held the entire Middle East and the USA hostage to the threat of launching a nuclear missile. The World is safer because President Trump had the guts to make this decisive call. And our Military executed this mission to Perfection !! I salute them All !! Every American should be Very Proud of our Military !! Our Military is the Greatest fighting force on planet earth !! 🇺🇸
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Today was my best friend’s Birthday. His name was Dave actually David but we all knew him as Dave. He’d have been 66 yrs. old today. He was only 21 yrs. old when he was killed serving our country. You don’t know him. But he was my best friend and a great person. Almost exactly a month later on the same deployment Mark also 21was killed in service to our country. I didn’t know him as well but he seemed to be a good guy. Dave’s parents are still living. They’re both 88 yrs old. I’m 68. I served with those two men. Now I have 2 types of cancer. I’m not afraid to die. But what Really hurts me is watching people Burn & Spit on the Flag of our Nation that we served under. And waving foreign flags while burning & spitting on ours. The Same type Flag that draped Dave & Mark’s caskets. I don’t understand how any True American can do that. I’m not capable of comprehending how an American can Hate our country so much. Cheering for foreign countries while defiling our Ntl. Flag and Cursing Our country. I guess I’m just old. I fear our country will fall from within Not from outside. But I’m heartened by the scenes of Allot of young people who Still Love our country. My grandsons do. Maybe they’ll stand up for our country long after I’m gone to be with the Lord. They are being raised right, maybe they will accept the Freedom Torch when it’s passed to them. I Hope so. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 P.S. If I were young enough and physically able I’d Gladly go back and serve again. As before it’d be an Honor.
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Now That’s Scary !!
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@Kerry I also wanted to say this to you and people at large. Though I confess it’s been many years since but I traveled a pretty good chunk of this world in the military. Trust me when I say we Americans have it Great !! I’ve seen people in places that could only marvel and dream of having it like we do here in this great country. I’ve been concerned for some time that we would fall first from within rather than from the outside at least initially. I’m no prophet but seeing the images of AntiAmericanism I’ve seen makes me believe that the possibility is pretty great of that happening. After the chaos and destruction from Within THEN our foreign adversaries will come in and Take the country. And they Won’t be about Mom, Baseball, and Apple Pie !! I see these things coming and seemingly sooner than I thought. And I want to warn people (Americans) but it seems like only spitting in the wind. All I get is a gob of nasty goo back in the face. It sure was nice though that a stranger like You cared enough to reach out and Show you cared. Maybe there’s still some hope. I’m gonna try to stay off here. God Bless You and Thank You for Caring about another human being. I hope I’m very wrong about the future and it wouldn’t be the first time if I am. Actually I Hope I am. But there are now Millions of people here that we don’t know much about. We Can see that they don’t have much reverence for our Flag yet are living on our soil and using our benefits. That Should concern Most Americans.
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Yeah that’s how Rumors go. But then there’s Reality. They Might underline might three times be able to come up with a dirty bomb. But they Know that if they actually use it against us or Israel the price they’d have to pay would be Terrible !! Plus Israel’s intelligence system is absolutely stunning !! Iran doesn’t want anymore at least for years to come. Any retaliation they do now will be purely symbolic and face saving. Heck they even Called us before they launched their missiles at our base in Qutar !! They only launched them to show the people of Iran that the Regime is still in charge !! This was a Success not only for Israel and the USA but really for the world at large. And I believe that Iran has told their sleeper cells what ever you do Don’t attack the USA as Trump will take it out on us !! They’ll have to be closely monitored as in time they could rebuild. But this action set them back for years !! And I bet the little fat man in N. Korea set up and took notice to !! Trump showed it’s Not good to be a terrorist bully !! Peace through Strength !!
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No Sane person loves War and lusts to get into War. But our country was born out of War and has been preserved many times by War. The shedding of blood and even the loss of life is a Terrible but Necessary thing many times when an adversary cannot be reasoned with. That’s exactly Why if you Are an American it Should offend You as much if not more as it does Me to see people burning and spitting on our National Flag while waving the flags of foreign countries and yelling Curses at Our country yet standing on Our nation’s soil and partaking of all it’s benefits. President Trump and his staff tried very hard and repeatedly to reach a peaceful resolution with Iran but they would have none of it. In fact they only ramped it up against our staunch Ally Israel by launching missiles into civilian areas Even a hospital while Israel bombed military targets. You simply can’t rationalize with this evil Regime !! Firepower is the Only thing they respect. And that’s not merely sarcasm it’s a fact. They laugh and mock the idea of diplomacy and see it as a weakness. If you look back on history you’ll see these same ideological traits in other countries in the past. Some countries Can be dealt with via diplomacy. Unfortunately Some can only be dealt with using Peace through Strength. It’s just how it is. Iran Now takes us Very seriously and I believe are much more receptive and willing to listen. They wrongly thought that President Trump was just bluffing. Well they learned the hard way.
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Retaliation is possible not only in the Middle East but also here at home. What happens today may come back to haunt us. Trump may be patting himself on the back right now. Realizing this is no threat to him personally He\'ll be safely locked away in a bunker But don\'t forgot 91l.
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Theirs risks involved with any military action. But removing Iran’s nuclear capability was/is a Good thing. Biden and Obama both tried to Buy Off Iran. You can’t buy off a terrorist bully like Iran. The worse terrorist nation on the globe !! Israel did Tremendous damage to not only their nuclear program but All their military capabilities. President Trump and our military sealed the deal. And YES President Trump deserves Tons of credit. He DID what other Presidents before him Wouldn’t do. He Tried negotiations and Iran slammed them so he did what it takes guts to do. And Iran Knows if ANY harm comes to us Our response will be swift and terrible !! As far as him going into a bunker IF we’re attacked Yes like ANY President the Sec.Svc. Would rush him to a safe place as they would regardless of Who the President is. But This is the President that after an assassination attempt taking off a piece of his ear got up yelling Figut, Fight, Fight !! Hardly a coward as You seem to be trying to portray him. The attack on Iran was a Huge Military success. And in retaliation to save face for the Regime they shot 14 missiles at our base in Qutar. 13 were knocked down and 1 was Allowed through as it was headed to a harmless area. Our Military in Both cases performed Brilliantly !! If Iran Had obtained nukes they could have & would have held the entire Mid. East hostage. So Yes there’s Some risk but Freedom is NOT Free. It involves Risk and Yes sometimes casualties.
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We have to be Willing to defend our country AND our staunch Allies which Israel certainly is. If foreign countries that have hate and evil intentions for us See that we’re Not willing to defend our country and its interests they Will exploit that as Much and as Long as they can. If we had Waited and Allowed Iran to build nukes that they could launch at Israel and Us our position would be much, much weaker. Now thanks to the cooperation between Israel & the U.S. Iran not only lost their nuke programs they lost vast parts of their over all military !! Notice how None of their proxies reacted to come to their aid !! That’s because Israel has wreaked havoc on Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis and We had a hand in the Houthis destruction about 3-4 weeks ago. Bottom line is Iran & their proxies have now seen the joint efforts of Israel and the USA and decided that didn’t feel so good !!The Iranian Regime is very weakened now and in danger of being over thrown by their own people, the last thing they want or need is More strikes from Israel and/or Us !! I’m fairly confident that they have reigned in all their sleeper cells here. They Know that ANY attack on us will be charged to Them !! And they don’t want anymore !! Heck they actually called us to advise they were launching a retaliatory attack !! It was just symbolic and face saving for The Regime !! They want the Iranian people to still view them as being in charge !! But and If they do attack us They will suffer Far greater !!
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The \"MAGA movement.\" Right. More like \"bowel movement.\" 🐎
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Well with You and Joy having a kindergarten level of intelligence it’s understandable that you two are clueless about military strikes. And especially the concept of peace through strength. THIS President didn’t try to Buy Off Iran and Appease them like Biden and Obama. Our military ( which You were just mocking a few days ago) did an extraordinary job !! If you want to see a bowel movement just look in a mirror.
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