On Tuesday’s (September 30) version of The View, Pleasure Behar shared a grim prediction about the way forward for America beneath Donald Trump‘s second time period. After discussing Pete Hegseth‘s controversial gathering of America’s army generals to announce sweeping adjustments to coaching insurance policies, the second “Scorching Matter” of the day was the looming shutdown and Trump’s actions.
“We’re hours away from a authorities shutdown, and as a substitute of engaged on an answer, Trump posted a deep pretend AI video final night time that featured issues Senator Schumer by no means mentioned, and had Minority Chief [Hakeem] Jeffries carrying a sombrero and a mustache. … Charming.”
After reviewing footage of the put up in query and key reactions, Behar continued, “Republicans try guilty Democrats for the shutdown, however the Republicans management the Home, the Senate, and the White Home, and a few individuals would possibly even say the Supreme Court docket. So how do you blame the Democrats for a shutdown when you will have all of the votes?”
After cohosts Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin mentioned the deserves of the matter, Behar summed up her takeaway like so: “In the event you guys suppose that we are able to survive one other three and a half years of this, I feel you’re delusional. Every single day, there’s some nihilistic factor.”
As her cohosts tried to weigh in, she continued, “I hate to be a Debbie Downer, however daily, he’s undoing one thing on this nation that we worth. Every single day. It’s daily. It’s a shock and awe [campaign] right here. And I, for one, am skeptical that we’ll survive this.”
Haines disagreed, saying, “I’m not. I consider in our future.”
In the meantime, Griffin challenged her declare by saying, “However Pleasure, you’ve seen worse,” maybe referencing feedback Behar made up to now concerning the turbulent instances she grew up in.
“No, I’ve not. I grew up throughout World Struggle II,” she famous, including that the issues the nation confronted on the time “had been all handled by presidents who weren’t within the enterprise of destroying the nation, destroying the Structure.”
“We’ve at all times had presidents who adopted the regulation, together with [Richard] Nixon, as dangerous as he was, he felt he had revered the Structure,” she mentioned. “He didn’t go after the army and name them names. I’ve by no means heard of such a factor on this nation.”
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