The hosts of ABC’s “The View” complained about President Donald Trump’s plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Americans — but as Whoopi Goldberg laid out her objections, it appeared as though her main objection was the fact that Trump was doing what Democrats had not been able to do thus far.
Goldberg started off the conversation during Tuesday’s broadcast by asserting that Trump’s plan was bad because he had not yet specified which drugs he was talking about, nor had he explained which health insurance plans might be impacted by any new policies.
“Well, again, he didn’t specify which drugs he was going to target — or which insurance programs would be impacted,” she complained. “Because you see, if you’re going to lower the price of the drugs, you gotta first fix the broken insurance company,” Goldberg laughed. “Because they are — it doesn’t make any sense.”
“You know what though, I would think that you have to take money out of politics, too, because a lot of these guys in Congress, don’t they take money from pharmaceutical lobbyists?” Joy Behar asked. “I mean —”
“But there are lobbyists in other countries, too,” cohost Sara Haines pushed back.
Behar pivoted then to attack Trump’s appearance and weight, saying, “The guy has 153 rooms in the White House. He can’t have one mirror to look into? He’s always criticizing, ‘This one’s not a 10, this one’s a six, this one’s fat, this one’s — he said the friend is ‘highly neurotic.’ Hello? Look in the mirror …”
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Alyssa Farah Griffin bursts their bubble by pointing out that some of their favorite progressives in Congress, Ro Khanna and Bernie Sanders, have a bill that does exactly what Trump wants to do.
Whoopi RAGES anyway and claims socialism is not socialism. pic.twitter.com/EDA3DwcMGh— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 13, 2025
Cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin pointed out the fact that Trump’s plan was actually supported by some of the progressives in Congress — including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) because some parts of it mirrored a bill they were already working on to lower drug costs.
Griffin then said that her main issue with the plan was the potential for enforcement of lowered prices, which she said veered too close to Soviet-style price controls for her tastes.
Goldberg then responded by arguing that the infusion of socialism into the health care system — the raising of taxes on everyone to make sure that the government could absorb the costs of drugs so that those who needed medication were able to afford it — was not actually socialism.
“It’s not socialism,” she insisted. “It’s best for the country if everyone can afford their health care!”
