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Whoopi Goldberg Slams Donald Trump for Wearing Hat During Fallen Soldier Ceremony
Whoopi Goldberg had some harsh words for President Donald Trump after he didn’t remove his hat while saluting American service members who were recently killed over the weekend in the Middle East.
“It really bugged me, and maybe I’m just being picky. When those caskets came off that plane? Take your damn hat off. Take your damn hat off,” Goldberg, 70, said on the Monday, March 9 episode of The View.
The longtime host was referring to a photograph of Trump, 79, taken at the Dover Air Force Base while wearing a white hat with “U.S.A.” emblazoned in gold across the front.
Goldberg continued, “I didn’t understand why nobody pulled his coat tail and said, ‘Sir, just out of respect?'”
Her cohost Sunny Hostin then spoke up and recalled a moment when former President Barack Obama attended a dignified transfer for fallen service members.
“President Obama actually was the first president to preside over that dignified transfer and he stood there for a 45-minute salute, without a hat on, and with a suit on,” Hostin, 57, explained. “It was a very somber moment. It wasn’t about him, it was about the loss of our soldiers who gave their life for this country. What I saw when I saw [the most recent] dignified transfer was, it was all about Trump, and I thought that was despicable.”
Sheryl Underwood, a Republican who is filling in this week for Alyssa Farah Griffin while she’s out on maternity leave, also criticized Trump’s behavior.
“Now we’re in something that you’re not telling us why, and I put on a uniform to serve this country and I always wanted to know why I’m doing this,” the 62-year-old, who served in the Air Force Reserve, said in reference to the strikes in Iran. “I do believe when they say you should not follow an unlawful order. Why is this not impeachable? And where are the politicians to say this dude doesn’t have it all the way together.”
“We should care more about [the soldiers] than someone’s personal interest if you’re going to wage war,” the comedian added. “You are putting American lives and soldiers at risk.”
