Whoopi Goldberg Surprises ‘The View’ with Statement that Trump and Musk’s Feud is “Fake”: “I No Longer Trust Their Claims”

Whoopi Goldberg paused The View on Monday, June 9, when she expressed her belief that the public feud between President Trump and Elon Musk was fabricated.

Goldberg let her fellow hosts share their opinions before delivering her own. While her co-hosts reveled in Trump and Musk’s conflict and found it unbelievable to witness the public spat between the two on social media, Goldberg remained unconvinced. She stated, “I love that you all bought into it. I do believe it’s fake, it’s too strategic.”

Her statement seemed to shock her co-hosts, who all fell silent after a rather spirited debate about the feud.

But Alyssa Farah Griffin wasn’t so sure. “It’s not fake. You’re giving them too much credit,” she said.

“I just feel like, oh yeah, now suddenly everybody’s upset about stuff. I’m sorry, no, this is another distraction to keep us talking – not about the stuff we’re talking about, but the stuff they want us to,” Goldberg argued. “They lie, they lie all the time.”

Ana Navarro also seemed to believe the feud was very real, as she called Musk and Trump “so legitimately crazy.”

“I don’t believe anything they say anymore because they have shown themselves not to be the most trustworthy people you want,” Goldberg said.

Fake or not, Sunny Hostin seemed to find the entire debacle very amusing.

She was the first to sound off against President Trump and Musk during the discussion.

“I will tell you that the fact the big beautiful bromance is over was just very funny to me,” she said. “I mean, you have the president of the United States publicly squabbling with the richest man in the world on the social media sites that they own, fighting against each other.”

Hostin went on to say the feud was “so messy” to witness.

“And they say a woman is too emotional to run the country? Okay,” she said.

The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.