One of The View’s usual left-leaning voices made a shocking admission during Tuesday’s episode as ABC co-host Sara Haines admitted that she trusted President Trump made the “right decision for the moment” to strike Iran. As you might have expected, that comment drew a rebuke from co-host Sunny Hostin. Elsewhere in the discussion, co-host Joy Behar claimed the strikes were a distraction from the Epstein files, while conservative guest co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck called out podcaster Megyn Kelly.
To preface her support for Trump’s decision to bomb Iran, Haines noted that she didn’t didn’t think it was appropriate to knock Trump for what some would call a “flip-flop” on “no wars,” because many presidents campaign on that only to be briefed and learn how dangerous things really were:
It’s interesting that people campaign on no war, and what we see across administrations, not in one political party, is when they’re in the rooms where the national security things are shared with them, they seem to make similar decisions. Which is less about why did Trump flip-flop and what does he know in those rooms?
Sara Haines is in support of the strikes on Iran and trusts Trump’s judgement:
“It’s interesting that people campaign on no war, and what we see across administrations, not in one political party, is when they’re in the rooms where the national security things are shared with… pic.twitter.com/ykd6ebzhLD
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 3, 2026
“So, what I’m saying is: the reason these are aligning these administrations are aligning is they know things we actually don’t know in these rooms. And I absolutely trust that this was the right decision for the moment,” she declared.
This drew an immediate rebuke from chronically aggrieved co-host Sunny Hostin who played footsie with anti-Semitic tropes to suggest the Jewish state of Israel tricked America into going to war on their behalf:
I don’t necessarily trust that it’s the right decision of the moment, because I think Rubio’s war remarks seemed to be going back and forth. I mean, what we’re hearing now is, you know, that Israel was going to strike first. And so, a smaller ally, who America funds, who America provides weapons to, was able to lure us into a war.
Hostin suggests Israel tricked America and that America chose war over solving homelessness:
“I don’t necessarily trust that it’s the right decision of the moment, because I think Rubio’s war remarks seemed to be going back and forth. I mean, what we’re hearing now is, you know,… pic.twitter.com/7YoXzTBpmP
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 3, 2026
She also started shouting about how we could have used the money spent on the Operation Epic Fury to salve homelessness. “This is going to cost $210 billion to American taxpayers. We could eradicate homelessness in the United States for $10 billion,” she shrieked.
Since she wasn’t on Monday’s show when they initially discussed the strikes, co-host Joy Behar had to catch up with their hyperbolic hot takes.
According to Behar, “there’s something fishy about why [Trump] did it” as she suggested it was a “wag the dog situation.” She went on to claim the strikes were all just “a distraction” from the Epstein files. “I think that he feels that he is in trouble. God knows what’s in those Epstein files. It must be horrendous,” she proclaimed.
Joy Behar claims the strikes on Iran “smell fishy” to her…
She claims it’s a distraction and suggests it’s a “wag the dog” situation.” She suggests it’s distraction from prices and the Epstein files and Trump will have no legacy and will be erased:BEHAR: You know, there’s… pic.twitter.com/iDvvESamo5
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 3, 2026
After pushing back and touting how successful the strikes had been at decapitating the regime, Hasselbeck wanted to push back some more. She then proceeded to call out podcaster Megyn Kelly for comments she made suggesting the six service members killed in the operation so far didn’t die for America:
If I could just say this, number one, Megyn Kelly’s clip that we ran before saying who those troops died for. How dare a you, Megan Kelly? How dare you tell a military person who has sacrificed their lives for our nation in our uniform, when they are sacrificing their lives in our uniform. How dare you tell them or their families or our nation what they died for?
“Oh, you better be careful. She’s going to come right back at you. She’s like a roller derby queen,” warned Behar.
“I’m not afraid of her. I’m not afraid of her,” Hasselbeck shot back. “My heart with my friends in the military, you do not get to authorize who they died for? So, let me just clear that up.”
“How dare you, Megyn Kelly?” “I’m not afraid of her.”
Hasselbeck unloads on Megyn Kelly for her comments about why American service members died during operations against Iran:
HASSELBECK: If I could just say this, number one, Megyn Kelly’s clip that we ran before saying who… pic.twitter.com/AaYiBnmgLB
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 3, 2026
The transcript is below. Click “expand” to read:
ABC’s The View
March 3, 2026
11:19:33 a.m. Eastern(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: There’s a lot of angry people.
BEHAR: You know, there’s something fishy about why he did it to me. I mean, I don’t trust him anyway, and they all lie. But why is he really doing this?
First of all, he knows that his administration is in trouble, because people want the prices of food to go down, they want eggs to go down, they want gas to go down, and things are going up because of this. Gas is now at a higher point. The DOW dropped 880 points this morning. Oil prices are up 10 percent.
GOLDBERG: Right.
BEHAR: So, why is he doing this? Possibly it’s a distraction, like a wag the dog situation.
HAINES: I don’t think this one is.
BEHAR: You don’t?
(…)
11:20:35 a.m. Eastern
BEHAR: My friend said he thinks that Netanyahu convinced him – Trump that this would be good for his legacy. What legacy? The minute he is out, every name is coming off every building. No one’s ever going to hear from him again. So, I don’t know about that. I think that he feels that he is in trouble. God knows what’s in those Epstein files. It must be horrendous.
ELISABETH HASSELBECK: No. No. No. No.
BEHAR: No?
HASSELBECK: No. [Laughter]
[Play off music starts]
BEHAR: What do you think?
HASSELBECK: I’ll tell you when we come back.
GOLDBERG: I guess we’re going to talk more about it when we come back.
(…)
11:25:49 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: I just want to point out that this week they are set to vote on the war powers resolutions to limit you-know-who’s military operations in Iran. Given the strikes have already happened, it’s really not going to have much of an impact.
HASSELBECK: Well, this has been successful. The strikes have been successful taking out the terrorist regime in Iran, 40 leaders along with the ayatollah.
GOLDBERG: Along with the kids at the girl’s school.
HASSELBECK: There is more to be known about where that military location was placed next to a school and we’re still learning about that. They are attacking civilians, we are attacking military locations –
SUNNY HOSTIN (interrupting): 175 people most of them children were killed in that strike.
HASSELBECK: If I could just say this, number one, Megyn Kelly’s clip that we ran before saying who those troops died for. How dare a you, Megan Kelly? How dare you tell a military person who has sacrificed their lives for our nation in our uniform, when they are sacrificing their lives in our uniform. How dare you tell them or their families or our nation what they died for? She should –
BEHAR: Oh, you better be careful. She’s going to come right back at you. She’s like a roller derby queen.
HASELBECK: I’m not afraid of her. I’m not afraid of her. But, I am – I have – My heart with my friends in the military, you do not get to authorize who they died for? So, let me just clear that up.
BEHAR: Woah. I love it!
HASSELBECK: I’m not – And I come here. I may vote Republican and I’m a conservative, but I’m a thinking woman, and I have a heart. With this war or military attack.
[Crosstalk]
HASSELBECK: Are you glad that the leaders there are gone, that they’re not flinging women off buildings and gay people off buildings anymore?
SARA HAINES: Well, one thing I’d like to bring up. It’s interesting that people campaign on no war, and what we see across administrations, not in one political party, is when they’re in the rooms where the national security things are shared with them, they seem to make similar decisions. Which is less about why did Trump flip-flop and what does he know in those rooms? The generals are not political. They go in there and they typically serve for their entire lives. So, what I do trust is when they’re in those rooms.
Hillary Clinton came and sat at our table and spoke to us during commercial when President Biden and Vice president Harris were getting crap for how they handled the attack on Israel. And President Clinton said ‘they’re doing the right thing.’ She’s a Democrat.
So, what I’m saying is: the reason these are aligning these administrations are aligning is they know things we actually don’t know in these rooms. And I absolutely trust that this was the right decision for the moment.
HOSTIN: I don’t necessarily trust that it’s the right decision of the moment, because I think Rubio’s war remarks seemed to be going back and forth. I mean, what we’re hearing now is, you know, that Israel was going to strike first. And so, a smaller ally, who America funds, who America provides weapons to, was able to lure us into a war.
HAINES: No, they used our intelligence.
HOSTIN: They used our intelligence and they also are using our fighters. We’re also sending bombs
[Crosstalk]
HOSTIN: But let me also say. This is going to cost $210 billion to American taxpayers. We could eradicate homelessness in the United States for $10 billion! And so, when people who voted for Trump are talking about America first that is not America first!
GOLDBERG: All right done. We’ll be right back.
