Whoopi Goldberg Calls Donald Trump, Elon Musk Feud ‘Fake,’ Slams View Cohosts for Believing It

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 Subjects” phase. Griffin, a former Trump staffer, obtained the talk going when she insisted the spat was actual, prompting an eye-roll from Goldberg.

“I really like that y’all purchased into it,” Goldberg shot again.

Griffin pushed again and doubled down, nonetheless, telling Goldberg: “It is not pretend.”

“I do imagine it is pretend. 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 a 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 imagine something they are saying anymore as a result of they’ve proven themselves to not be probably the most reliable individuals you need,” she added.

Goldberg’s scathing MAGA critique comes simply days after Trump and Musk feuded over Trump’s proposed “huge lovely invoice,” with Musk slamming the plan’s influence on the federal deficit.

But it surely 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 flawed 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 essential mission of reducing waste, fraud, and abuse from our federal authorities,” whereas Musk has returned to tweeting in assist 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.