“That is one other distraction to maintain us speaking — not in regards to the stuff we’re speaking about, however the stuff they need us to. I am not shopping for it. I am not shopping for it as a result of they lie,” Goldberg claimed.
Whoopi Goldberg is not falling for the drama between Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Throughout Monday’s episode of The View, the Oscar-winner made it clear she believes the current on-line feud between the previous president and the tech billionaire is nothing however political theater.
“On this struggle, my cash is on Donald Trump, although, as a result of he clapped again and mentioned he’ll go after Elon’s Pentagon contracts,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin mentioned throughout the present’s “Sizzling Matters” phase. Griffin, a former Trump staffer, obtained the talk going when she insisted the spat was actual, prompting an eye-roll from Goldberg.
“I like that y’all purchased into it,” Goldberg shot again.
Griffin pushed again and doubled down, nonetheless, telling Goldberg: “It is not faux.”
“I do consider it is faux. Sure, I do. It is too strategic,” Goldberg maintained, with the pair going back-and-forth earlier than Griffin accused Goldberg of giving Trump “an excessive amount of credit score” by suggesting the president might be orchestrating the drama as a political distraction.
“No, no, no. I simply really feel like, oh, all of the sudden everyone’s upset about stuff. I am sorry, no,” Goldberg mentioned. “That is one other distraction to maintain us speaking — not in regards to the stuff we’re speaking about, however the stuff they need us to. I am not shopping for it. I am not shopping for it as a result of they lie.”
“I do not consider something they are saying anymore as a result of they’ve proven themselves to not be essentially the most reliable folks you need,” she added.
Goldberg’s scathing MAGA critique comes simply days after Trump and Musk feuded over Trump’s proposed “large stunning invoice,” with Musk slamming the plan’s impression on the federal deficit.
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Nevertheless it did not cease there, with each Trump and Elon throwing jabs, with the Tesla co-founder claiming the Trump administration hid data tying Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.
Whereas Trump has stayed silent on the matter as of late, sounding off as a substitute on the political unrest in Los Angeles, his Vice President, J.D. Vance, jumped to his protection.
“Donald Trump didn’t do something unsuitable with Jeffrey Epstein,” Vance mentioned throughout an look on Theo Von’s podcast over the weekend.
The White Home, in the meantime, says Trump will “proceed the necessary mission of slicing waste, fraud, and abuse from our federal authorities,” whereas Musk has returned to tweeting in help of Trump’s immigration insurance policies on X, seemingly brushing their feud beneath the rug.
The View airs weekdays at 11:00 a.m. ET on ABC.
