For the primary “Scorching Matter” of Wednesday’s (July 23) version of The View, the cohosts dug into the most recent Donald Trump scandal. The newest story? When requested if he helps the Justice Division’s transfer to probably interview Ghislaine Maxwell, confederate to convicted baby intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, amid the continued backlash over the DOJ’s dealing with of the Epstein recordsdata, Trump modified the topic. As a substitute, he inspired reporters to deal with former President Barack Obama, whom he accused of “sedacious” (probably that means “seditious”) actions across the 2016 presidential election.
After reviewing footage of Trump’s feedback, together with studying out Obama’s uncommon assertion condemning the allegations, the cohosts dug into the meat of the matter.
“A sitting president simply accused a former president of treason. Now, do folks notice how critical an allegation that is?” Whoopi Goldberg requested, to begin. “And for me, didn’t the Supreme Courtroom beneath the guise of this president, say that presidents have immunity?”
“Who tried to overthrow the federal government on January 6?” Pleasure Behar then quipped. “He’s so jealous of Obama as a result of Obama is every little thing that he’s not: trim, sensible, good-looking, fortunately married, can sing ‘Let’s Get Collectively’ higher than Al Inexperienced… and Trump can not stand it. It’s driving him loopy. Inexperienced is just not a superb coloration [on him].”
Sunny Hostin vehemently agreed with Behar’s evaluation, saying, “I agree. It’s like Obama nonetheless lives rent-free in his head. I feel Michelle Obama nonetheless lives rent-free in his head. I feel the truth that Malia graduated from Harvard nonetheless lives rent-free in his head, and it’s simply the very swag that Obama has that he won’t ever have.” She then pointed to a viral “Obama appreciation” clip exhibiting the previous president’s signature gait in motion. “He won’t ever be cool, and that’s simply what that is about. Very highschool.”
Alyssa Farah Griffin posited that the Obama accusation by Trump is “really about distracting from Jeffrey Epstein” and famous that even when Maxwell does testify to the DOJ, she wouldn’t belief her phrase. “Her solely incentive and motivation can be to lighten her personal sentence.” Nonetheless, she additionally stated she was bothered by Trump’s accusations in opposition to Obama as a result of, having labored in Trump’s first administration, she noticed the intelligence about Russia’s election interference efforts firsthand. “I really was with Mike Pence when he confronted Vladimir Putin in Singapore and stated, ‘We all know what you tried to do in our elections, don’t do it once more.’ It was the consensus of individuals within the first time period, together with the earlier director of nationwide intelligence, that Russia did attempt to meddle in our elections.”
“Everybody is aware of President Obama did nothing,” Sara Haines added. “In that quote, it says, ‘We don’t usually handle this.’ I’m glad you felt the necessity he actually didn’t, as a result of nobody believes him. He’s like a toddler that will get cornered.”
Nonetheless, Griffin disagreed partly with Haines, saying, “I’d watch out, although, as a result of I really assume we stay in such a polarized setting that when you’ve got sufficient folks amplifying it and saying this, there are going to be individuals who imagine it, and that provides to this actually, actually harmful break up that we have now within the nation, the place folks imagine like their very own info.”
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