After a week-long hiatus for the July 4th vacation, The View returned on Monday, July 7, and started the present by discussing the newest in Donald Trump and Elon Musk‘s feud. Whoopi Goldberg kicked off Scorching Subjects by noting, “The breakup continues between the world’s richest man and you-know-who!”
She recounted Musk beginning that he’s going to begin a 3rd political occasion referred to as the American occasion and performed a clip of Trump’s response. The ladies weighed in about whether or not or not a three-party system is a good suggestion, and Ana Navarro criticized the president for placing his consideration on his battle with Musk as a substitute of larger points within the nation proper now. Particularly, she referenced the floods which are at present ravaging Texas (greater than 80 individuals have already been confirmed lifeless, with dozens extra lacking).
“I used to be appalled final night time that Donald Trump was tweeting and Fact Socialing about this battle with Elon Musk at a time when there’s loss of life, sorrow, and tragedy in Texas,” she shared. “I don’t perceive why, as a substitute of claiming to the American individuals, ‘We’re going to unravel what went flawed, if we now have to alter issues in Texas within the climate system, if we now have to alter issues at FEMA, we’ll.’ As an alternative of that, he’s taking the time to battle together with his former bromance companion Elon Musk?”
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Alyssa Farah Griffin admitted that she can be down for a three-party system, explaining, “I feel the nation is ripe for extra choices. We’re one in all only a few nations on Earth that simply has a two-party system. However I’m very, very skeptical that Elon Musk’s occasion is the reply to this.”
She identified that “about 46%” of grownup Individuals suppose a 3rd occasion is an efficient possibility. “I watch debates in Congress, I watch our present president, and I really feel underrepresented by each events,” she added. “I don’t really feel like there are individuals talking to the wants that I’m involved about and in addition the longer term wants which are coming.”
Sunny Hostin famous that she’s “uninterested in billionaires as politicians” and agreed with Griffin that “Elon Musk isn’t the one who needs to be operating any third occasion.” She additionally introduced up how Trump stated he’s now seeking to deport Musk amid their feud.
“The Division of Justice is now prioritizing searching for to strip citizenship from naturalized residents,” she stated. “So for Trump to say that about Elon Musk, I feel that’s one thing that persons are form of lacking on this little argument they’d collectively. The Division of Justice is absolutely now denaturalizing residents.”
Navarro famous that “somebody ought to remind” the president that his personal spouse is a pure citizen.
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