By Nicholas Fondacaro
Copyright newsbusters
ABC’s The View
September 30, 2025
11:18:28 a.m. Eastern
JOY BEHAR: If you guys think that we can survive another three-and-half years of this, I think you’re delusional. Every day there’s some nihilistic thing —
SARA HAINES: It’s only Tuesday, Joy. Can we not start there?
[Crosstalk]
BEHAR: I mean, I hate to be Debbie downer. But every day this guy is undoing something in this country that we value. Every day. Every day is a shock and awe here. And I for one am skeptical that we will survive this.
HAINES: I am not. I do believe — .
[Crosstalk]
SUNNY HOSTIN: But Joy, you’ve seen worse. You’ve seen worse right?
BEHAR: No, I have not.
HOSTIN: You’ve seen worse.
BEHAR: I grew up during World War II.
HAINES: It’s Whoopi that says she’s seen worse.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I’m going to need Whoopi to cheer us up.
HOSTIN: Cuban Missile Crisis. Civil Rights.
BEHAR: And they were all dealt with by presidents who were not in the business of destroying the country. Destroying the constitution.
HOSTIN: I’m hopeful.
BEHAR: I mean, we’ve always had presidents who followed the law. Including Nixon. As bad as he was, he had respect for the Constitution.
HAINES: Um, not all the time.
BEHAR: And he didn’t go after the military and call them names. I’ve not heard of such a thing in this country. We’ll be right back.