The ABC News hosts of The View were off and running Wednesday with a plethora of baseless conspiracy theories about President Trump’s latest immigration proposal to essentially add a “gold card” (a play on green card) to the visa program. But according to the lies of ABC News, Trump had already sold the United States to Elon Musk, he would sell access to the country to terrorists via the program, and there was no longer a legal means of immigration.
After playing a soundbite of Trump loosely describing how the “gold card” program would work, ABC moderator Whoopi Goldberg led the cast in some anti-immigrant bigotry once again aimed at Musk (click “expand”):
GOLDBERG: You know, remember when Elon bought America?
JOY BEHAR: Yeah.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: He could have saved money with this because this is only 5 million.
SARA HAINES: But he only would have gotten a green card, not the whole country.
HOSTIN: Oh, he spent over 200 million.
BEHAR: Timing is everything.
GOLDBERG: You’re right. You’re right. There you are.
FACT CHECK: Misinformation. Musk had been a U.S. citizen since 2002, long before even Trump’s first term.
Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin ridiculously suggested that Trump’s immigration program “makes it sound like America is for sale to the highest bidder. I don't like that.”
FACT CHECK: Misinformation. The program would not sell America to anyone.
Farah Griffin did note that what Trump was doing was “basically an expansion on the existing EB5 visa program, but went on to question if he’d let in terrorists: “But I want to know, is there national security vetting? So, yes. Could a terrorist organization or a Russian oligarch come in?”
FACT CHECK: Misinformation. Of course, there would be vetting.
She did go on to admit that Trump had all but cut off the flow of illegal border crossings:
But, the border crisis, he's effectively solved in one month. This blew my mind. The Washington Post, there has been a 98 percent drop in daily border crossings in the lowest single day total in 15 years this past week. From an all-time high of 11,000 in December of 2023 under Biden to only 200 a week ago under Trump. So, he's doing that. That is what people voted for. Now, please get to the economy because everything is too damn expensive.
With her own misinformation, pretend independent Sara Haines falsely claimed Trump was also anti-legal immigration and wrongly conflated the decrease in illegal border crossings with legal immigration:
To speak like this about the fact that he ran on anti-immigration and ‘I'm going fix that.’ Like you said, numbers are down but if you have enough money, you can come. So, I don't think that’s going to bode well for the people that voted for him; that you can just skip the line if you’re wealthy. That is a problem.
Haines took Farah Griffin’s fear mongering about Trump selling access to America to terrorists and ran with it, going so far as to claim it would be ripe for 9/11-style terrorists:
15 of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi Arabians. Not that that is necessarily linked to the government, but there's a lot of money there. And right now, you have Trump talking loosely about taking over Gaza. That puts a terrorist target on our back and extremists groups, jihadists will not stop until they're not just done with land grabs, they’re done with western civilization. So, they will definitely come here if this kind of thing can be bought.
“If we're going to brag about immigration going down, there might be another reason it's going down, because you're threatening people! You're threatening their lives!” Goldberg falsely shouted near the end of the segment.
Goldberg too wrongly conflated the decrease in illegal board crossings with a decrease in legal immigration. She went further in suggesting that no one was able to figure out how to come to America legally: “Now, nobody knows how you get in, what do you do, because it's a mess! So I want somebody to make their -- make up your mind so people know what to do!”
Insanely, Goldberg’s rant took on an anti-American bent as she ridiculously claimed that Americans didn’t know how to do anything and we needed immigrants to teach us:
I listen to folks say, ‘oh, well, you know, we don't want people from other countries coming and teaching people how to do stuff. Why aren't Americans doing it?’ Because Americans don't know stuff! We need folks coming in to help us figure out how to do stuff! We're not the only people on the planet!
The only thing that stopped her was the fact that she was being played off by her producers for most of her rant and they needed to go to commercial break.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
February 26, 2025
11:03:36 a.m. Eastern(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: You know, remember when Elon bought America?
JOY BEHAR: Yeah.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah.
GOLDBERG: He could have saved money with this because this is only 5 million.
SARA HAINES: But he only would have gotten a green card, not the whole country.
HOSTIN: Oh, he spent over 200 million.
BEHAR: Timing is everything.
GOLDBERG: You’re right. You’re right. There you are.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: Listen, a lot of times –
[Goldberg drops her pen]
GOLDBERG: What is happening?
FARAH GRIFFIN: What is happening?
HAINES: Pocket of leaking pens.
FARAH GRIFFIN: The way that he talks about it, it makes it sound like America is for sale to the highest bidder. I don't like that.
But what I will say, this is basically an expansion on the existing EB5 visa program. I have some questions, because those are basically meant to incentivize the best and brightest to come to America, to create jobs here, to hire people, contribute tax revenue. But I want to know, is there national security vetting? So, yes. Could a terrorist organization or a Russian oligarch come in? And then, just again don't make it sound like we're for sale. Make it sound like you want to be here because you want to be in America.
But I’ll say this on immigration, Donald Trump ran on two things, the economy is still looking really dicey. My eggs were like $14 the other day.
GOLDBERG: You mean cooking eggs.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Yes, cooking eggs! Those eggs are even more expensive!
[Laughter]
But, the border crisis, he's effectively solved in one month. This blew my mind. The Washington Post, there has been a 98 percent drop in daily border crossings in the lowest single day total in 15 years this past week. From an all-time high of 11,000 in December of 2023 under Biden to only 200 a week ago under Trump. So, he's doing that. That is what people voted for. Now, please get to the economy because everything is too damn expensive.
HAINES: Well, one thing though that a lot of the people -- Correct me if I'm wrong, that voted for Trump, a lot critical of immigration are immigrants themselves; who came here and went through the processes and are like, ‘I did my part. You should do yours.’
To speak like this about the fact that he ran on anti-immigration and ‘I'm going fix that.’ Like you said, numbers are down but if you have enough money, you can come. So, I don't think that’s going to bode well for the people that voted for him; that you can just skip the line if you’re wealthy. That is a problem.
I also think that to – He talks so much about criminals coming across the borders and all the problems they bring with them. People with money can be criminals too.
[Laughter]
FARAH GRIFFIN: Yup!
HAINES: In fact, they have more resources to be criminals.
[Applause]
And so I – What comes to mind right away, you mention terrorists. I think it was 11 or 12 -- 15 of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi Arabians. Not that that is necessarily linked to the government, but there's a lot of money there. And right now, you have Trump talking loosely about taking over Gaza. That puts a terrorist target on our back and extremists groups, jihadists will not stop until they're not just done with land grabs, they’re done with western civilization. So, they will definitely come here if this kind of thing can be bought.
(…)
11:10:30 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: If we're going to brag about immigration going down, there might be another reason it's going down, because you're threatening people! You're threatening their lives!
FARAH GRIFFIN: This is his intention! The same way Kamala Harris said ‘do not come.’ She went to the southern border and said that.
GOLDBERG: Just let me finish now this time.
My point is, we've spent over 100 years saying to people, ‘come, you're welcome. We'll take you.’ Now nobody knows how you get in, what do you do because it's a mess, so I want somebody to make their -- make up your mind so people know what to do. If you can come, and you want them to come, because I listen to folks say, ‘oh, well, you know, we don't want people from other countries coming and teaching people how to do stuff. Why aren't Americans doing it?’ Because Americans don't know stuff. We need folks coming in to help us figure out how to do stuff. We're not the only people on the planet.
Okay. You know, we'll be right back.
