The daring declare triggered a wave of fiery reactions from the present’s cohosts, and now, the White Home is clapping again.

Throughout Wednesday’s Sizzling Matters phase, Whoopi Goldberg teed up the dialogue with a reference to Trump’s explosive feedback from the day earlier than, when he alleged that Obama
“was attempting to guide a coup” — an announcement that even received the previous president to reply.

“These weird allegations are ridiculous and a weak try at distraction,” Obama spokesman Patrick Rodenbush instructed The New York Instances. “Nothing within the doc issued final week undercuts the extensively accepted conclusion that Russia labored to affect the 2016 presidential election however didn’t efficiently manipulate any votes.”

Pleasure Behar, in the meantime, was fast to name out Trump’s hypocrisy, telling viewers: “To begin with, who tried to overthrow the federal government on Jan. 6? Who was that once more? That was not Obama,” she stated, instantly referencing the Capitol revolt led by Trump supporters in 2021. “The factor about him is he is so jealous of Obama, as a result of Obama is every little thing that he’s not: Trim, good, good-looking, fortunately married, and might sing Al Inexperienced’s track ‘Let’s Keep Collectively’ higher than Al Inexperienced. And Trump can not stand it. It is driving him loopy.”

It is clear Trump — or somebody on the White Home — was tuning in as a result of they’d a message for The View, and it learn extra like a risk.

In an announcement to Leisure Weekly, White Home spokesperson Taylor Rogers stated, “Pleasure Behar is an irrelevant loser affected by a extreme case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,” earlier than claiming the ABC daytime present has “hit the bottom scores” lately.

“Behar ought to self-reflect on her personal jealousy of President Trump’s historic reputation earlier than her present is the subsequent to be pulled off air,” the assertion continued.

Per EW, The View declined to remark instantly on Rogers’ harsh assertion relating to Behar, however a present spokesperson did push again on the scores declare with some receipts.

“The View is up in whole viewers and girls 18-49, versus the comparable weeks final season, to its most-watched in 4 years,” the rep instructed the outlet, including that “season thus far,” The View is “rating No. 1 in households and whole viewers amongst all community daytime speak reveals and information packages for the fifth straight season.”

Issues continued to get dicey on Wednesday’s present, with Behar taking issues even additional by suggesting Obama sue Trump over the coup allegations.

“I agree with you on that,” cohost Sunny Hostin chimed in. “Obama nonetheless lives rent-free in his head. I feel Michelle Obama nonetheless lives rent-free in his head, I feel the truth that Malia graduated from Harvard nonetheless lives rent-free in his head, and it is simply the very swag that Obama has that he won’t ever have.”

The White Home suggesting The View is “the subsequent to be pulled off air” comes after CBS canceled The Late Present with Stephen Colbert amid Paramount World’s pending sale to Skydance Media.

As for The View, followers can nonetheless tune in weekdays at 11:00 a.m. ET on ABC.