Whoopi Goldberg Reveals What Really Makes Her Mad About Trump During Shutdown
The cohosts of The View took turns criticizing Pam Bondi for her contentious Capitol Hill hearing at the top of Wednesday’s (October 8) show. But at the end of the segment, moderator Whoopi Goldberg revealed the issue that really sticks in her craw amid the current government shutdown: the fact that Donald Trump is still proceeding with a ballroom addition to the White House.
The ballroom, which is estimated by the administration to cost around $200 million, is reportedly being funded by donors like Google, Lockheed Martin, R.J. Reynolds, Booz Allen Hamilton, Palantir, and NexEra Energy. However, Goldberg said she finds it in poor taste all the same.
“My big kvetch in the world is, there’s a ballroom being built. Yeah, I’m very mad about it,” she explained.
When cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin — who’d later announce her pregnancy live on-air in the second segment — noted, “Well, it is corporate sponsored,” Goldberg expressed her doubts in her own unique way.
“That’s what they say, but listen, and I’m a natural blonde,” Goldberg said.
Earlier in the “Hot Topic” discussion, the cohosts reviewed footage from Bondi’s hearing in which she dodged answering questions about the Jeffrey Epstein files and other scandals in the administration, and Goldberg responded to ask, “How much did we pay for that? How much did this cost, and what’s the point of doing this?”
Sara Haines chided Bondi for being unprepared for the substance of the hearing, saying, “She didn’t even prepare remarks … She had a file against every person sitting on the committee.” She went on to point to the Epstein files issue in particular, saying, “There’s still problematic stuff in this file… There is a reason they’re refusing to show them.”
Then, Sunny Hostin pointed out that Bondi’s job is to serve the American people as attorney general, but she felt she was ultimately just speaking to “an audience of one,” which was Trump.
Joy Behar, meanwhile, predicted that Bondi’s answers were possibly meant to “avoid perjury.”
And Griffin herself noted, “I mean, honestly, I’ve just seen more dignity in Housewives reunions.”
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You’re just afraid of the truth
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Absolutely NOBODY ever thought of a ballroom for the White House, not for the last 150 years... until trumpty-dumpty decided to "milk" some of his corporate donors for some big money and had to think up something to spend it on.
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Since he's been one of the most downloaded and streamed artists in the world for the past few years, that sounds like a you problem.
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Nah just a matter of taste. Obviously you don’t have and people down load and stream all sorts of Crap all the time. So sounds like he’s in the Crap category. Like I said I’ve Never even seen his name until recently announced he was the “ entertainment” for half time at the Super Bowl. Which they have a really bad habit of having Crap for entertainment for those shows so that certainly doesn’t raise his status in my eyes. If anything just lowers it. But each to his own. Enjoy Bad Bunny maybe he’ll bring you a stuffed Hugh Hefner doll or rotten egg. No telling. 🤣
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Ha Ha !! 🤣 Pam Bondi has By Far more intelligence than All these women put together !! Jealousy is such a pathetic emotion. Wow the women of the view are So desperate !!
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And they say Hocus Pocus comes once a year. The View is the modern day Coven.
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About that ballroom, can you imagine conservative, but also outrageously-dressed, celebs like Kid Rock attending?
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Did you hear Maga Mike Johnson's suggestion for Super Bowl halftime show? He said, Why can't Lee Greenwood do it. Far as I know the man only has one song.
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Sure, why would the NFL want one of the most popular recording artists in the world when they could have a one-hit-wonder has-been most of their audience under 65 won't recognize? It's a no-brainer.
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Um who is Bad Bunny ?? What does he bring rotten eggs at Easter or something ? Never heard of him till he was invited to do the Super Bowl.
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Yeah Real Americans Know you loon libs Hate that song to.
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Apparently Whoopi hasn’t seen or heard how when the WH has large events Including those involving visiting foreign heads of state people are Crammed into one room probably built in early 1800s. This is being done by Donors including Trump himself. Not costing Whoopi or any tax payers anything. Just another reason for her and other Totally TDS riddled Libs to whine and bellyache about something !! Very little news, near to none except on Fox about Trump and his crew helping to end the 8th conflict/war since his return to President. This one being Israel and Hamas. Hostages being returned. One of the conflicts where the two leaders actually Hugged Each other was the Nuclear powers Pakistan and India. But does Trump get even microscopic credit from the lib left ? NO !! They’re worried sick about a ballroom that doesn’t cost them a dime !! What sad, bitter, hate filled people they Truly are.
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