Daytime television veered off the deep end yet again this week as *The View* co-host Joy Behar unleashed a conspiracy-laced rant accusing President Donald Trump of secretly rooting for nationwide chaos so he can declare martial law and cancel the 2026 midterm elections.
Yes, really.
During Tuesday’s episode, Behar warned viewers that ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are supposedly part of a dark master plan by Trump to cling to power. “I worry that Trump is looking for this kind of pandemonium… so he can declare martial law and also cancel the midterms,” Behar declared, offering zero evidence but plenty of panic.
The comments came as the co-hosts discussed anti-ICE demonstrations erupting in cities like Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, who was killed after allegedly attempting to run over an ICE agent during a chaotic confrontation. Rather than condemning violence against federal officers, the panel predictably pivoted to attacking Trump for enforcing immigration law.
“Watch out for this guy!” Behar exclaimed, portraying the president as a would-be dictator. She went on to speculate that Trump fears losing Congress because it could lead to impeachment, conviction, and even jail time—an extraordinary leap that says far more about liberal obsession than political reality.
Behar’s latest meltdown is hardly new. She has a long track record of claiming Trump is preparing to “end democracy,” a narrative that resurfaces whenever federal law enforcement does its job. Just last October, she floated a similar theory, claiming deployments of the National Guard were merely a “pretext to stop the next election.”
Despite years of being wrong, Behar continues to double down.
Whoopi Goldberg attempted to sound more restrained—by *The View* standards—acknowledging that not all ICE agents are “out of control.” “Some of them actually do know what they’re doing,” Goldberg admitted, adding that agents are struggling because they no longer recognize the agency they’ve worked for due to relentless political attacks.
Still, even Goldberg couldn’t resist lecturing Americans on how to protest properly, citing talking points straight from the American Civil Liberties Union. Viewers were advised to “keep your hands where the officers can see them,” not run, and not touch officers—guidance that underscores just how out of hand some of these protests have become.
“Let’s be very clear,” Goldberg said, before adding the remarkably obvious reminder: “You don’t have the right to be a bonehead.”
Notably, Goldberg recently walked back an earlier claim suggesting ICE agents were “violent criminals,” quietly retreating after widespread backlash. The reversal highlighted a pattern that’s become all too familiar on the Left: demonize law enforcement first, correct the record later—if at all.
What the hosts of *The View* refuse to acknowledge is the obvious: President Trump is not trying to cancel elections. He’s trying to restore law and order amid violent protests, attacks on federal officers, and organized resistance to immigration enforcement. Enforcing the law is not authoritarianism, and deploying federal resources to protect agents is not “martial law.”
But in the bubble of liberal daytime television, facts matter less than fear. As cities burn and federal officers are targeted, figures like Joy Behar would rather spin wild fantasies about dictatorship than confront the real problem: a political movement that excuses chaos so long as it serves their narrative.
For most Americans, the contrast couldn’t be clearer. One side wants order, borders, and elections that matter. The other sees conspiracy everywhere—except in the streets right in front of them.
