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Whoopi Goldberg claimed on Monday that during Friday�s Oval Office dust-up � between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky � Trump had essentially turned American citizens into unwitting �operatives of Putin�s government.�

Goldberg raised the topic during Monday�s broadcast of �The View� on ABC
News, where she appeared to suggest that Trump � who ran on a plan to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia � would not have the American people�s
support if they�d known before the election how that might play out.

During the meeting in question, a petulant Zelensky insisted that no deal
could be reached if Russia was given any room to negotiate. Trump and Vance, indignant over Zelensky�s demeanor, pushed back � and instead of
negotiations, the three engaged in a shouting match.

�That has to be one of the most embarrassing things I�ve ever seen,� Goldberg said, placing all of the blame on the White House, suggesting that Trump
voters would be angry over his actions, and complaining that he hadn�t
cleared it with the public before he took a stance for the United States in that meeting.

�You are doing theater with him because you�re trying to show that you�re the hard guy, but I don�t think anybody wanted you to be the hard guy. I don�t think you asked anybody how they felt, how people who voted � voted for you. You didn�t ask them how they feel about what you�re doing. You didn�t ask
them if they want to be operatives of Putin�s government,� Goldberg said.

WATCH:

Whoopi's message to Zelenskyy:
"I'm sorry. I do stand with you�Zelenskyy, because you have been
fighting, your country has been fighting and you have been doing it
on your own, and you have been getting help. But I stand with y'all
because nobody should ever be able to come�
pic.twitter.com/50J1HtlpxA

� Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 3, 2025

Goldberg then pivoted to offer her own apologies to Zelensky, promising that even if Trump did not, she at least would stand with him.

�I�m sorry. I do stand with you � Zelensky, because you have been fighting, your country has been fighting, and you have been doing it on your own, and
you have been getting help. But I stand with y�all because nobody should ever be able to come into your country and say, �this is my country!'�Goldberg shouted.

�Many countries in our world have a habit of going in and invading other countries, and we all have said, I thought for the past at least 100 years,
we don�t like that,� she added.

Later on in the discussion, cohost Sunny Hostin claimed that Zelensky had �embarrassed� Trump and Vance � and that the latter two had gone into the meeting with the intention of �emboldening Putin.�

�It was an embarrassment. � So, [Zelensky] embarrassed the bully. And what happens when you embarrass a bully? They have a tantrum and they react that way. They do. � And that is the truth. They wanted to embolden Putin, and
they did.�

Whoopi gives instructions to the viewers:
"Here's the thing that everybody can do. If you support Ukraine,
say it out loud. Say it out loud�This is what's going to change
the tide. It's us�.Media outlets have to be vocal!�Call it out
because if you don't, it looks like� pic.twitter.com/fmlpkqo3n8

� Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) March 3, 2025

Goldberg rounded out the conversation by calling on the people � and media outlets � to push back against Trump and be more vocal about supporting Ukraine.

�Here�s the thing that everybody can do. If you support Ukraine, say it out loud. Say it out loud � This is what�s going to change the tide. It�s us � Media outlets have to be vocal! � Call it out, because if you don�t, it looks like you�re joining them,� she said.

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