Whoopi Goldberg Warns Americans Not To Follow Trump’s Lead: “He’s Being Pampered”

President Trump may be telling Americans not to fear COVID-19, but The View‘s Whoopi Goldberg is cautioning viewers against taking that advice. On Tuesday morning, Goldberg delivered a passionate plea to Americans who may be swayed by the president’s insistence that he has beaten the virus. “He’s being pampered and dealt with 24/7,” said the longtime moderator. “No one’s doing that for you!”

“[Trump] made a whole production out of his release from the hospital,” said Goldberg at the top of Tuesday’s broadcast. “Tearing off his mask on the White House balcony before posting a video telling people ‘not to be afraid’ of the virus that’s killed 210,000 Americans so far. And to not let the pandemic that tanked the economy, put millions of folks out of work — don’t let that dominate their lives.”

Goldberg’s blunt introduction set the tone for the segment, and her co-hosts quickly chimed in to slam the “theatrical” nature of Trump’s discharge from Walter Reed. “The symbolic return to the White House and the taking off the mask was a slap in the face to the country but also to people around the globe who have suffered during this pandemic,” said Sara Haines. “When I saw him running up those stairs, I thought, ‘This guy thinks he’s Sylvester Stallone in Rocky,'” joked Joy Behar. “The only thing is, Rocky was not loaded up with [steroids]. This one just got out of the hospital with a million drugs in his system.”

After Behar said that Trump “keeps appealing to the same 39% that already is in the cult,” Goldberg offered a heartfelt plea to those supporters. “Here’s the thing that I really want to point out to people. You are not him! None of you out there are him,” said The View‘s moderator. “You are going to get sick, and you can’t get all the stuff that he can get, all the steroids that are going into his body. And let’s not forget what steroids do to your brain: steroids make you act erratically, as well.”

Goldberg added that while Trump “doesn’t have to worry about” COVID-19 because he’s receiving excellent medical care at all hours of the day — “They are up his behind making sure that his temperature does what it’s supposed to do” — average Americans don’t have that luxury. “He’s not giving these drugs to the people in the White House. I don’t know that he’s giving them to anybody,” she said. “So, don’t make this false equivalency like you’re going to be treated like he is treated because you’re not. You’re gonna go to the hospital and deal with what all the other 200,000 people had to deal with.”

“You’re not on equal footing here,” Goldberg reminded viewers. “So, if you think you can take off your mask and you’re going to be fine, you’re not! There’s nothing saying you’re going to be fine. And he is not out of the woods, my dears. He’s still ill!”

Watch Whoopi Goldberg beg Americans to ignore Trump in the video above.

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