<p>Whoopi Goldberg claimed on Thursday that President Donald Trump&#8217;s plan to give monetary bonuses to members of the military was effectively a bribe to ensure that they&#8217;d obey the president&#8217;s orders even if they were not necessarily lawful.</p>
<p>Goldberg, during Thursday&#8217;s broadcast of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View,&#8221; first questioned whether or not troops would actually ever see that money — and then immediately insinuated that if they did see it, it would be solely because Trump was using it to buy their loyalty.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Whoopi doubts Trump is going to pay the troops his announced $1,776 bonus, but then claims it&#8217;s a bribe for them to back his plots:<br />
&#8220;What he&#8217;s doing is, he&#8217;s thinking, &#8216;if I make sure that the soldiers have what they need they&#8217;ll back me and what I want, see?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/DBmKx6IfEN">pic.twitter.com/DBmKx6IfEN</a></p>
<p>— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/2001698071189614604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin began by saying she&#8217;d actually like to give Trump credit for offering bonuses — &#8220;warrior dividends&#8221; — to troops, but Goldberg quickly interrupted.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s see if they get the — I want to see them get it first,&#8221; Goldberg said.</p>
<p>Griffin went on to say that she&#8217;d prefer to see &#8220;smart policies&#8221; rather than &#8220;handouts,&#8221; and argued that it was unfair for money to only go to members of the military — particularly if the money was, as Trump said, coming from tariff revenue — that all Americans were hurting and in need of assistance.</p>
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<p>Goldberg then pivoted to suggest that the reason Trump was singling out members of the armed forces had nothing to do with the notion that they&#8217;d earned it in service to the country, but rather because she believed they&#8217;d be more likely to do anything Trump wanted if he greased the wheels with a Christmas bonus.</p>
<p>&#8220;What he&#8217;s doing is, he&#8217;s thinking, &#8216;If I make sure that the soldiers have what they need, they&#8217;ll back me in what I want, see?'&#8221; she said.</p>

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