Monday morning kicked off with The View ladies, once again, criticizing Donald Trump. This time, their viewpoint was skewed by sneaky edits of a video from a Trump rally, rather than any real confusing behavior from the president himself.
The video montage that The View chose to air came from Trump’s rally in Las Vegas. In between the jarring cuts and fragmented storyline were a series of seemingly disjointed soundbites from the former president. The video was blatantly stitched together, completely devoid of context, and served as nothing more than a tactic to confuse the audience and provoke uninformed commentary from the hosts.
As the clip ended, Sara Haines and Whoopie Goldberg both stumbled in apparent confusion. They launched into bemused discussions over what the former president could possibly mean. Alyssa Farah Griffin, posing as a conservative voice on the panel, took this opportunity to suggest a decline in Trump’s mental acuity, even comparing it to President Biden’s widely criticized performance.
While Griffin might be quick to indicate that Trump has lost his edge parallel to Biden, she seems to conveniently forget the countless instances where Biden’s cognitive capacity has been rightfully questioned.
Navarro’s claim that their heavily edited clip is enough evidence to diagnose Trump as senile and incoherent is quite a reach. If we are to follow Navarro’s logic, then the countless footage of Biden’s own gaffes, losses of train of thought, and inappropriate remarks should be enough to declare him unfit for public office, let alone the presidency.
Their misplaced critique has conveniently swept under the carpet the reality that Trump’s teleprompter difficulties were a mere technical glitch and had no connection to his cognitive ability. You can disagree with a man’s politics, but it is another level of pettiness to attack someone based on a misprocessed video clip.
Unfortunately, this misguided interpretation is nothing new. The View has shown a definite double standard in the past, quick to call others ‘ageist’ for questioning President Biden’s mental acuity, but not hesitating to dish out the same kind of criticism toward Trump. The segment only affirmed that ABC is not interested in providing substance or fair reporting; instead, they seem bent on twisting narratives and manipulating their viewers.
In conclusion, The View’s determined effort to paint Trump unfavorably based on a misleading video clip makes it evident that the show does not prioritize unbiased discourse. Rather it seems intent on pivoting every opportunity into a politically charged attack against Trump. As viewers and critical thinkers, it’s paramount we see through such skewed narratives and base our assessments on true content. We should always remember: a disjointed video clip out of context does not form the whole picture.
