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BREAKING: The View hosts defiantly reject a gag request from Disney's CEO and the president of ABC News to tone down their anti-Trump rhetoric by launching a brutal takedown of his disastrous meeting with the South African president.
This is the last thing that the top brass wanted...
A recent report from The Daily Beast revealed that ABC News asked the outspoken hosts to back off from their constant criticism of Trump and instead broaden their discussion to more neutral topics.
Instead, the hosts went all in on the MAGA cult leader.
"So South African President Ramaphosa paid a visit to the White House yesterday which turned into..." Whoopi Goldberg began, clenching her first to articulate frustration. "...a surprise presentation on conspiracy theories of a 'white genocide' in his country. Take a look."
The show ran footage of the disastrous Oval Office meeting between Trump and President Ramaphosa, during which Trump pushed debunked conspiracy theories and ambushed the foreign leader with misleading photos and videos.
"Oh my God!" said Goldberg. "So between ambushing Zelensky and this, why would world leaders continue to come to the White House?"
The hosts then systematically tore apart the "white genocide" conspiracy theory. They soon transitioned to a conversation about Trump's decision to accept a $200 million jet bribe from Qatar.
"My point is that the plane is now going to costs hundreds of millions of dollars to debug it, to fix it up and get it ready and because that is a gift — according to what I understand, the Emoluments Clause precludes taking a gift like that — it's unconstitutional," said Joy Behar. "Explain please.
"It certainly is unconstitutional," said Sunny Hostin. "I mean when you're a federal work and especially when you're the chief executive, you are not supposed to take any sorts of gifts. We've had stories from Biden, we've had stories from Ari Emanuel, we've had stories from President Obama."
"Bob Menendez is going to jail for this!" interjected Goldberg.
"But who takes a plane, the very transportation of the most private information of our country and says 'Let's take it from a nation that supports and finances terrorists?'" asked Sara Haines. "But we'll just take your plane."
"I'm surprised he wants it for that reason alone," said Alyssa Farah Griffin. "I don't know how you could actually secure it."
"Because he's the king! He wants to go around the world like a king," said Behar.
"It's a free plane and then it goes to him and his presidential library," said Hostin. "So it becomes his plane."
"But we all know that that's BS. He's not giving that to his presidential library. He's going to take it, he's going to fly and use it, but he's not supposed to have it!" said Whoopi Goldberg, producing a pocket Constitution. "I got the Constitution right here. He's not supposed to have the plane, okay?"
"You know, and if you— You know, people always want us to be respectful and do the things and talk about the stuff we talk about. We can do all of that," she continued, apparently referring to the gag request.
"But when you are blatantly giving the country the middle finger, that is blatant," she added. "You're not supposed to do that. You're not supposed to take the plane."
"Don't you think when he lets these white Africans in, that's giving the middle finger to the Black community? My God," said Behar.
"Listen. No. I don't. Let me tell you why," said Goldberg. "Because that finger has never gone down!"
We couldn't agree more.
While House Republicans spent today negotiating baby bond names and appeasing budget holdouts, Trump's government violated court orders to deport migrants, fired independent oversight boards, and accepted a $400 million jet from Qatar that he'll personally keep in three years.
