‘The View’ hosts surprisingly ‘optimistic’ after Trump’s victory: ‘Boy Oh Boy, we have a country if we can keep it’

The hosts of “The View” have long been critics of Donald Trump, but on Wednesday morning they were still “optimistic” about the country even in his second term — albeit “deeply disturbed.”

To kick off the first post-election episode, the ABC hosts came dancing onto the stage, seemingly in good spirits. Moderator Whoopi Goldberg even joked with the table and audience, asking if anyone did anything interesting yesterday.

Of course, she quickly dropped the joke and went straight to her co-hosts for their reactions to a convicted felon being re-elected. First up was Joy Behar, who was arguably the most stressed of the bunch before the election, yet unexpectedly hopeful.

“My takeaway is that the system worked. We live in a democracy. The people spoke. This is what the people wanted,” she said. “I strongly disagree with the decision the Americans made, but I feel very, very hopeful that, that we have a democratic system in this country. We should appreciate that.”

Behar added that she’s been through elections that didn’t break the way she’d hoped before — namely Richard Nixon’s — and she believes people can still fight.

“It’s been very difficult, but boy oh boy, we have a country if we can keep it,” she said.

Hosts Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin agreed, praising all those who voted at all, pointing out that Democrats are accepting their defeat rather than calling the election rigged, which Trump still claims 2020 was, despite the contrary is proven.

“I still feel so optimistic because I feel arm in arm with so many people who agree with me,” Haines explained. “I will not stop marching.”

For their part, hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro were “deeply disturbed,” as Hostin put it, by the results. Hostin remains concerned about how Trump’s second term will look now that he has replaced all the allies who tried to rein him in.

But still Navarro reiterated the idea of ​​accepting the results.

“Today, unlike Donald Trump and his supporters, I recognize that he won,” she said. “I hope for the best for our country. And I commit to our LGBTQ, our immigrants, our elderly, our young girls, the women, that we will not stop fighting.”

“The View” airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.

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