Overview
- Joy Behar said President Trump is “so jealous” of Barack Obama because Obama is “everything that he is not,” prompting a sharp White House response.
- White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers labeled Behar an “irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome” and warned that The View could be the next show pulled off air.
- A View spokesperson disputed the ratings claim, reporting its highest total audience in four years and a No. 1 ranking among women 18–49 and household viewers.
- FCC Chair Brendan Carr criticized backlash to recent media cancellations on X and hinted that outspoken programs could face further regulatory consequences.
- The dispute follows CBS’s cancellation of The Late Show during Paramount Global’s pending sale to Skydance Media, underscoring the administration’s influence over FCC approvals.