After Rosie O’Donnell determined to maneuver to Eire in response to Donald Trump‘s second election to the presidency, Trump mocked the now-expat in entrance of the Irish prime minister throughout an Oval Workplace go to earlier within the week. So Pleasure Behar determined to clarify precisely what Trump’s longstanding feud with O’Donnell is absolutely about.
On Friday’s (March 14) episode of The View, the primary “Sizzling Matter” of the day was to debate her former cohost’s relocation, and after rolling footage of each O’Donnell’s rationalization and Trump’s taunt, Behar joked, “Oh no, he’s going to be mad at Eire now. Right here come the potato tariffs!”
Sunny Hostin then requested Behar to clarify what it was that first sparked Trump’s hatred for the comic, noting, “He’s a toddler. His frontal lobe isn’t actually totally developed, in my view, and so he in all probability suffers from that imposter syndrome, and perhaps she did one thing that known as him out?”
Behar, who mentioned she was there for the incident in query, defined, “Properly, in case you watch the clip, she mainly flipped her hair [to mock his hairstyle], which he didn’t care… He didn’t actually care about that. It was the cash, in my view. She was saying what number of occasions he was bankrupted and blah, blah, blah… She known as him out on it, and he freaked out, and he was so vicious to her on each station. He would take his telephone calls and each station — MSNBC, CNN, in every single place he went, even right here.”
Alyssa Farah Griffin additionally famous that he “insulted” her throughout the Republicans’ first main debate in 2016, and Ana Navarro revealed that she was there and acquired a captivating response in real-time: “I used to be at that Republican debate…. Megyn Kelly asks the query, ‘You name ladies fats slobs’ … And he says, ‘Sure, however that’s simply Rosie O’Donnell.’ And I keep in mind so vividly as a result of your complete place erupted in laughter, full of individuals, and my telephone, I had it on my lap, on silent. My telephone vibrated, and I appeared down and it was Rosie, and she or he was texting me, and she or he mentioned, ‘I’m watching this debate with my youngsters in order that they find out about American authorities. How do I clarify this to them?’”
When prompted for her response, Navarro defined, “The hell am I going to say to her at that time? ‘I’m sorry.’ I used to be mortified that that had occurred. I mentioned, ‘I’m sorry. I don’t have a proof for the way you clarify it to your youngsters.’ However I do know that in case you’re Rosie O’Donnell, who he hates — and, in equity, she hates him, it’s mutual — and you might be listening to him threatening Liz Cheney, and also you’re taking a look at him go after regulation corporations, and you might be listening to him saying he’s coming again to be the retribution, and you understand how ruthless and the way vicious he’s, and that he personally hates you. And you’ve got a 12-year-old with particular wants, and also you need to convey her up in a spot of affection and peace, and you’ve got the assets and skill, you then make the laborious resolution of leaving? Good for her. It’s good. She’s fought her complete life. She’s placing herself first.”
Sara Haines additionally weighed in on the topic, saying, “It’s a superb educating second for a father or mother at the moment as a result of Donald Trump can greatest be described as a textbook ‘Bullies for Dummies.’ That is who he’s. Method again in 1983, when Again to the Future got here out, the character Biff was primarily based on Donald Trump. That’s been confirmed. So that you’re trying that he was already a bully…. It’s a textbook instance of explaining to your youngsters they’re going to be folks, that the one manner they are often on high is to beat different folks down, and people youngsters are going to run into that. Youngsters run into it daily. You simply normally go away it behind on playgrounds throughout this nation … and now we’re seeing it elevated to sure ranges. However I do assume it’s necessary to show your youngsters about that as a result of they’re completely going to run into folks similar to Donald Trump.”
Griffin then added, “I do assume it’s necessary simply to do not forget that America is greater than the president, and I need to acknowledge that particularly the LGBTQ group could really feel uncomfortable in sure states proper now. I simply talked to Kara Swisher on our podcast yesterday about this, and I get when you have the means you need to make that call. However I’d additionally remind of us, I feel Individuals like to assume we’re to this point behind and Europe is so progressive and forward of us, it’s simply probably not the case. We stay essentially the most ethnically numerous one, most ethnically numerous nations on Earth, we’re the one the place you’re probably to have the ability to are available in from one socioeconomic class and in your lifetime, be in a totally completely different one. This desk doesn’t exist in a whole lot of Europe. On LGBTQ rights points, we’re about as superior as most of Europe.”
When challenged by Hostin, who mentioned America is “fairly racist,” Griffin added, “Properly, now we have far more range, although, which is an efficient factor. Whenever you’re a totally homogeneous nation like Denmark, they don’t cope with racism.”
“That’s why persons are upset, as a result of we like this nation, we wish it to remain!” Behar mentioned.
“That’s my level, although. This nation is greater than who’s president for 4 years. I simply assume it’s necessary folks keep in mind there are locations — I wouldn’t have the ability to get IVF remedies in Europe,” mentioned Griffin. “I really like my European buddies, however we put everybody else on sort of this pedestal and act like America is so backward and damaged… I feel that is nonetheless the best nation on Earth.”
“It’s a reasonably younger democracy that doesn’t appear to be working proper now,” Hostin countered. “It doesn’t appear to be working for everybody, and I feel that’s Rosie O’Donnell’s prerogative, and that’s her level. It doesn’t work for her household, and she or he is without doubt one of the few folks that may decide her life up and transfer it someplace. Most of us are caught right here.”
“I might completely consider that this nation is imperfect, and progress is gradual, however I wouldn’t need to reside anyplace else,” Haines mentioned to place a button on the dialogue.
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