US Edition‘The View’: Why Whoopi Goldberg & Joy Behar Think Trump Is ‘Scared’ of Elon Musk
- On June 4, 2025, The View cohosts discussed Elon Musk’s criticism of Donald Trump’s budget package called the 'Big Beautiful Bill'.
- The discussion emerged because Musk, while leading the Department of Government Efficiency, eliminated a quarter of a million federal jobs, over eight thousand contracts, and in excess of ten thousand grants.
- Cohosts noted the bill sparked a Republican split between populists and old-school conservatives, with some lawmaker regrets and debates over government size.
- Goldberg and Behar emphasized Musk’s influence, quoting Musk’s threat to 'fire politicians who betrayed the American people' and stating Trump is still scared of Musk.
- The segment suggested Musk’s actions could damage Trump’s legislative agenda and that Republicans fear Musk’s power to sway elections through dark money.
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Why Whoopi Goldberg & Joy Behar Think Trump Is 'Scared' of Elon Musk - Los Angeles Weekly Times
For the first “Hot Topic” of the day on Wednesday’s (June 4) edition of The View, the cohosts got into the subject of Elon Musk‘s disdain for Donald Trump‘s budget package, which he calls the “Big Beautiful Bill.” In the lively chat, both Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar concluded that Trump is still scared of Musk, even after he left his role as the head of the “Department of Government Efficiency” a.k.a. “DOGE.” Goldberg began the discussion by i…
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