President Donald Trump managed to do what he does best once again: expose the raw nerves of the left and send the hosts of ABC’s The View into a full-blown on-air meltdown. This time, the trigger was a blunt Truth Social post from the president about his longtime Hollywood antagonist Rob Reiner, whose reported death allegedly involved a shocking act of violence by his own son. Trump, never one to mince words, suggested that Reiner’s obsessive hatred of him—what Trump famously calls “Trump Derangement Syndrome”—played a role in the tragedy.
In his post, Trump offered condolences while also delivering a characteristically sharp assessment of Reiner’s public behavior over the years, arguing that the director’s relentless political rage had consumed him. The message, while unsparing, was vintage Trump: direct, unapologetic, and guaranteed to infuriate the cultural elites who have spent years attacking him without restraint.
Predictably, The View reacted as if the world were ending.
The segment quickly devolved into chaos as co-host Sunny Hostin began referencing Trump’s post, only to be cut off by Whoopi Goldberg, who hurriedly instructed her not to read it aloud. The implication was clear: viewers couldn’t be trusted to hear Trump’s actual words without the hosts first filtering and condemning them.
Hostin attempted to frame the issue as one of “decency,” lamenting Trump’s reference to TDS and insisting the focus should instead be on vague concerns about violence. That was only the warm-up. Goldberg soon launched into a rambling, emotional tirade that seemed less about the tragedy itself and more about her long-standing resentment toward the president.
In a familiar pattern, Goldberg pivoted from the specific incident to a generalized monologue about “awfulness,” urging Americans to “open our hearts” while name-checking nearly every identity group favored by the modern left. Jews, people of color, men, women—everyone was invoked, except the millions of Americans who are routinely smeared by shows like The View for supporting Trump.
Goldberg then demanded to know how Trump could possibly post something so “low,” accusing him of lacking shame and moral authority. The irony was thick. This is the same show that has spent nearly a decade celebrating insults, conspiracy theories, and outright falsehoods about Trump and his supporters, yet suddenly discovered the concept of civility when the criticism flowed in the other direction.
Her rant crescendoed into a declaration that Trump “ain’t my president,” a line that neatly summed up the left’s ongoing refusal to accept electoral reality when it doesn’t go their way. For all their talk of democracy and norms, moments like this reveal how deeply personal—and unhinged—their hatred of Trump has become.
What truly set off Goldberg and her co-hosts wasn’t concern for decorum or sympathy for the Reiner family. It was the fact that Trump refuses to play by the elite media’s rules. He doesn’t sanctify his critics just because they’re Hollywood royalty, and he doesn’t pretend that years of venomous rhetoric have no consequences.
Once again, The View offered a perfect case study in selective outrage. Trump speaks bluntly, and the studio explodes. Meanwhile, the left’s nonstop demonization of him and his voters is treated as virtue. For millions of Americans watching at home, the contrast only reinforces why Trump still commands such loyalty—and why the daytime outrage machine remains permanently stuck in meltdown mode.
