‘The View’ Cohosts on Why Trump Is ‘Jealous’ of Obama: ‘Very High School’
For the first “Hot Topic” of Wednesday’s (July 23) edition of The View, the cohosts dug into the latest Donald Trump scandal. The latest story? When asked if he supports the Justice Department’s move to potentially interview Ghislaine Maxwell, accomplice to convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, amid the continued backlash over the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files, Trump changed the subject. Instead, he encouraged reporters to focus on former President Barack Obama, whom he accused of “sedacious” (likely meaning “seditious”) actions around the 2016 presidential election.
After reviewing footage of Trump’s comments, along with reading out Obama’s rare statement condemning the allegations, the cohosts dug into the meat of the matter.
“A sitting president just accused a former president of treason. Now, do people realize how serious an allegation this is?” Whoopi Goldberg asked, to start. “And for me, didn’t the Supreme Court under the guise of this president, say that presidents have immunity?”
“Who tried to overthrow the government on January 6?” Joy Behar then quipped. “He’s so jealous of Obama because Obama is everything that he is not: trim, smart, handsome, happily married, can sing ‘Let’s Get Together’ better than Al Green… and Trump cannot stand it. It’s driving him crazy. Green is not a good color [on him].”
Sunny Hostin vehemently agreed with Behar’s assessment, saying, “I agree. It’s like Obama still lives rent-free in his head. I think Michelle Obama still lives rent-free in his head. I think the fact that Malia graduated from Harvard still lives rent-free in his head, and it’s just the very swag that Obama has that he will never have.” She then pointed to a viral “Obama appreciation” clip showing the former president’s signature gait in action. “He will never be cool, and that’s just what this is about. Very high school.”
Alyssa Farah Griffin posited that the Obama accusation by Trump is “actually about distracting from Jeffrey Epstein” and noted that even if Maxwell does testify to the DOJ, she wouldn’t trust her word. “Her only incentive and motivation would be to lighten her own sentence.” However, she also said she was bothered by Trump’s accusations against Obama because, having worked in Trump’s first administration, she saw the intelligence about Russia’s election interference efforts firsthand. “I actually was with Mike Pence when he confronted Vladimir Putin in Singapore and said, ‘We know what you tried to do in our elections, do not do it again.’ It was the consensus of people in the first term, including the previous director of national intelligence, that Russia did try to meddle in our elections.”
“Everyone knows President Obama did nothing,” Sara Haines added. “In that quote, it says, ‘We don’t normally address this.’ I’m glad you felt the need he really didn’t, because no one believes him. He’s like a toddler that gets cornered.”
However, Griffin disagreed in part with Haines, saying, “I would be careful, though, because I actually think we live in such a polarized environment that if you have enough people amplifying it and saying this, there are going to be people who believe it, and that adds to this really, really dangerous split that we have in the country, where people believe like their own facts.”
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I think Trump is upset he\'ll never get the Nobel Prize now!
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The prize has been severely devalued ever since Obama got it a week into office merely for \"not being George W. Bush.\"
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A billionaire developer is never \"jealous\" of a community street agitator.
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No, he\'s just jealous of people who get more praise than him which is nearly anybody else!
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Amen Sam !! Amen !!
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So if you do small insignificant things. Or worse AntiAmerican things you get the Heavily Left leaning Nobel Prize. Got it. All Obama did was go to Europe and Apologize for what HE termed American arrogance. This with thousands of our WWII hero’s buried in various cemeteries across Europe. But Trump is near constantly touting American Exceptionalism ! Until the Socialist-Islamist take over I’ll Never be ashamed or embarrassed about America. I wasn’t even with stumbling, bumbling, Biden as POTUS. Saudi Arabia sent their third string guy to meet Biden at the airport. Every time Trump goes there he gets the full Royal layout. And either the King or the Prince greet him personally. NATO hates him because on America’s behalf he’s forcing them to pony up their Fair share of the costs. But Even they call him Daddy ! Turkey named a building after Trump. He gets treated like Royalty every where he goes over seas. Maybe some do hate him, but they keep it secret in most cases. Spain recently yielded and agreed to pay Their fair share. But Biden ? With his acrobatic act of always falling down, bumbling his words, getting off topic constantly, creating word salads, and trying to greet deceased people, he was a laughing stock !Even the Easter Bunny had to rescue him at the WH. Obama was a smooth Talker but No Doer on behalf of the American people. Obama was like a slick used car salesman. But Trump huge ego, rough talker, brags on himself, all that he IS a Doer on behalf of the Americans.
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Trump will never get the Nobel Peace Prize- nor does he deserve it.
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I doubt he’s all that concerned about it. Though he BY FAR deserves it Much More than Community Organizer Obama. Scroll down if you care to my replies below to see Why. Obama didn’t deserve it at all. But the Nobel has gone Full Left. So it is what it is. I wouldn’t even want it now as it’s to tarnished.
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@ Pseudonym Sam. Since when does a Street Agitator (as you put it) go to Harvard, become the head of the Harvard Law Review, and gaduate from Harvard? Why would he then go on to become an attorney, become a champion of causes to build communities ( community activist), become a senator, run for and win the presidency without spreading lies causing fear- mongering? Oh, and let\'s not forget that he did it without being convicted of 34 felonies or snuggling up to the uber-rich nor catering to thir demands. Trump only cares about people who are so rich that you can\'t wrap your mind around the amount of money they have. Because you made this Ludacris statement, I know that you aren\'t one of them. Just acknowledge truths in the future and not make statements rooted and guided in hate and jealousy.
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You know that’s not true. But it’s OK whatever. Free speech.
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