'Step up and do your job!' The View shames single Republican for letting Trump slide
February 20, 2025
The co-hosts of "The View" debated President Donald Trump's latest proclamation — made on Truth Social Wednesday — that he is a king, calling it a distraction from the firings of nuclear weapons experts and those working on the bird flu crisis.
Speaking on Thursday, long-time Republican strategist and "Never Trumper" Ana Navarro joked that Elon Musk seems more like a king, while Trump plays the role of court jester.
"Look, I think what he did with this — calling himself king — is he's trolling the opposition," said Navarro. "He is distracting us, distracting the media so that we don't talk about the nuclear scientists who were accidentally fired. So we don't talk about the bird flu experts that were accidentally fired. So that we don't talk about the 9/11 survivors who are going to lose their benefits. So that we don't talk about the price of eggs that has gone through the roof, that he promised to slash on day one."
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She also mentioned an 11-year-old girl in Texas who committed suicide after being bullied by classmates who said Trump was going to deport her parents.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, who previously worked as Trump's White House communications director, said that his behavior is about to backfire — and that approval ratings are already starting to show the impact.
"And I would question the Republicans in Congress," Joy Behar cut in.
"Susan Collins!" chimed in Sara Haines.
"Step up and do your job and stop kissing his butt!" Behar closed.
See the clip below or at the link here.