The White House is feuding with ‘The View.’ Here’s why.
From late-night show hosts to the animated sitcom South Park, the feud between President Donald Trump and the entertainment industry shows no signs of slowing down.
Now the administration finds itself in a dispute with ABC’s “The View” after a White House spokesperson suggested the long-time talk show could be coming to an end. The comment comes after CBS canceled late-night comedy “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” after 33 years, a decision Trump celebrated on social media.
During a July 23 episode, co-host Joy Behar said Trump is jealous of former President Barack Obama because “Obama is everything that he is not.”
She added that, unlike Trump, Obama is “trim, smart, handsome, happily married, and can sing Al Green’s song ‘Let’s Stay Together’ better than Al Green. And Trump cannot stand it. It’s driving him crazy.”
Following the dig, White House Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers referred to Behar as “an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
“It’s no surprise that The View’s ratings hit an all-time low last year. She should self-reflect on her own jealousy of President Trump’s historic popularity before her show is the next to be pulled off air,” Rogers said in a statement.
A day after the White House's comments, Behar revealed on Thursday, July 24, that the daytime talk show was getting ready to go on summer break.
“Before we go on hiatus, we only have one more show after this,” the comic announced at the top of the program before looking off-camera and asking colleagues, “I’m allowed to say that, right?”
Paste BN has reached out to representatives of “The View” for comment on Rogers’ statement.
When asked for a comment on behalf of Behar, her manager Bill Stankey told Paste BN, “On behalf of me……..Release the Epstein files.”
In May, Attorney General Pam Bondi had reportedly told Trump that his name appears several times throughout the criminal case files on the late financier and convicted sex offender Epstein, according to CNN and the Wall Street Journal.
How did this start?
The latest tension between the White House and “The View” started after an Oval Office meeting with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos on July 22, when Trump accused Obama of treason. The president called the Democrat a “ringleader,” adding that his actions were “seditious.”
Later that day, Obama addressed a July 18 report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that claimed the former president “manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup” against Trump’s presidential victory against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Obama also said he supported the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia tried to influence the 2016 election. He dismissed the allegations against him, calling them the typical “nonsense and misinformation” emerging from the Trump White House.
On the next morning’s episode of “The View,” Behar defended Obama with a sly remark against Trump regarding the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
“First of all, who tried to overthrow the government on Jan. 6? Who was that again? That was not Obama,” she quipped.
Late-night talk show hosts also make jabs at Trump
Before the beef with Behar, Trump was at odds with his usual late-night foes, starting with Colbert, who during a July 17 episode announced that “The Late Show” would be ending in May 2026.
“I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings,” Trump wrote on Truth Social July 18.
He later made a jab at ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, insinuating that his show would be the next to end and that he “has even less talent than Colbert.”
Kicking off his July 21 episode monologue, Colbert asked, “How dare you, sir?”
“Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go (expletive) yourself,” Colbert said.
Trump fired back on a July 22 Truth Social post, writing: “The word is, and it’s a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, (Jimmy) Fallon will be gone.”
“These are people with absolutely NO TALENT, who were paid Millions of Dollars for, in all cases, destroying what used to be GREAT Television. It’s really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!” the president wrote.
Fallon’s show is slated to continue until at least the end of 2028 when his contract with NBCUniversal ends. In 2022, Kimmel extended his contract through his show’s current 23rd season.
This story has been updated with new information.
Contributing: KiMi Robinson, Paste BN