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The View Can't See Differences Between Norway, Somalia Other Than Race
The liberal ladies of ABC’s The View barely had a grasp of American politics, but on Wednesday’s show they ventured into international politics. Pouncing on President Trump’s comments over the last few days about wishing more people from Scandinavian countries (like Norway) would immigrant to the U.S. and denouncing Somali immigrants who defrauded federal welfare programs, The View declared that it all came down to Trump’s “racism”; suggesting there were no other differences between the countries other than race.
After playing edited soundbites of Trump rhetorically asking, “Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden,” moderator Whoopi Goldberg was noticeably irritated. “Well, they see you as the president, and they don't want to come here,” she sneered.
Co-host Joy Behar chimed in with her signature dull whit and proclaimed that she had a “really good idea” to ship Trump off to Norway. And in all seriousness, Goldberg falsely claimed that Norway had banned Trump from traveling there:
BEHAR: I have a great idea. I have a really good idea. Why doesn't he go to Norway and stay there? He loves it so much.
GOLDBERG: They won't let him in. They will not let him in.
BEHAR: That's true.
GOLDBERG: No, they won't let him in.
ABC News falsely claims Norway has banned President Trump from entering the country:
TRUMP: Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few.
[End clip]
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Well, they see you as the president, and they don't want to come here.
JOY BEHAR: That's… pic.twitter.com/WqfliC1CSj
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 10, 2025
Behar would pipe up again a short time later to declare that the only reason Trump would have anything bad to say about Somalia was his “racism”:
BEHAR: Can we just talk for a second about the blatant racism, though? What's the difference between Somalia and Norway? Hello. I mean, it's so obvious that that is what it is and he doesn't even try to cover it.
GOLDBERG: Taller people?
Perhaps it had something to do with Somalia literally being a failed state. Within the borders of Somalia (one of them being in dispute with Ethiopia), there were at least three governments vying for authority and one of them was the al Shabaab terrorist group, which was besieging the capital city of Mogadishu.
"What's the difference between Somalia and Norway, hello?"
Joy Behar claims the only difference between Norway and Somalia is the color of their skin. Not the fact that one is a functioning state and the other a failed state with several governments vying for authority and a… pic.twitter.com/zBsd6Y6vI5
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 10, 2025
Behar was so ignorant, if she heard someone say “Somaliland,” she’d likely think they were using a derogatory name for the country. It’s the name of breakaway region that claims statehood in the country’s northwest.
Staunchly racist co-host Sunny Hostin agreed that “racism” was the driving factor and bloviated about “offended” she an everyone in her echo chamber were about Trump allegedly calling Haiti a “shit hole country”:
My husband's father was from Haiti. And so, the Haitian community really was offended. I was offended. My family was offended. And I think everyone should be offended at the blatant xenophobia and racism that comes from the highest office in the United States.
While claiming she doesn't feel safe in America, Sunny Hostin bloviates about how "the Haitian community was really offended. I was offended. My family was offended" when Trump allegedly called Haiti a "shithole country."
Gangs literally control most of Haiti and carry out… pic.twitter.com/uEcCFdUYk8
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 10, 2025
Haiti too was a failed state. After the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021, the country spiraled out of control until its collapse in 2024. Now, most of the country was controlled by brutal gangs, with the remainder of government forces holed up in small enclaves. One gang leader, Jimmy “Barbeque” Cherizier was trying to consolidate full control. He’s wanted by the FBI.
It’s obvious why countries would be skeptical of people traveling from failed states when their documentation couldn’t be verified.
As they were nearing the end of the segment, Goldberg claimed people from Norway didn’t want to move to America “because they don't want to be under a dictatorship.”
ABC News claims Norwegian and Swedes don't want to come to America because "they don't want to be under a dictatorship."
Behar portrays Norway as a paradise: "In Norway you have high quality universal healthcare, strong safety net, the gun laws..." pic.twitter.com/PTfPhRX5Bx
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 10, 2025
Behar even scoffed at the idea that people from Norway would want to come here at all since it was a perfect country: “But why should they come? They have everything going for them back in Norway. In Norway you have high quality universal healthcare, strong safety net, the gun laws…”
If it’s so much better than America, then why aren’t you there, Joy? Notice she didn’t read off a similar list for Somalia.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
December 10, 2025
11:02:56 a.m. Eastern
(…)
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few.
[Cuts back to live]
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Well, they see you as the president, and they don't want to come here.
JOY BEHAR: That's right.
GOLDBERG: That's why.
BEHAR: I have a great idea. I have a really good idea. Why doesn't he go to Norway and stay there? He loves it so much.
GOLDBERG: They won't let him in. They will not let him in.
BEHAR: That's true.
GOLDBERG: No, they won't let him in.
(…)
11:05:12 a.m. Eastern
BEHAR: Can we just talk for a second about the blatant racism, though?
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yeah.
BEHAR: What's the difference between Somalia and Norway? Hello.
HOSTIN: Yeah.
BEHAR: I mean, it's so obvious that that is what it is and he doesn't even try to cover it
GOLDBERG: Taller people?
BEHAR: He doesn't even try to cover it up anymore.
GOLDBERG: No he doesn’t try to cover it. He never did ever.
SARA HAINES: I don’t know if he tried to cover it up.
HOSTIN: I think he did. He did try to cover it up. Because remember, when there was reporting coming out of the White House that he had called Haiti an s-hole country. He denied that. He said that he did not use that kind of language. And he tweeted about it and said that he did not say it. And, you know, as you know, my husband --
BEHAR: Let's go to the videotape.
HOSTIN: My husband's father was from Haiti. And so, the Haitian community really was offended. I was offended. My family was offended. And I think everyone should be offended at the blatant xenophobia and racism that comes from the highest office in the United States.
BEHAR: And the misogyny.
HOSTIN: And the misogyny.
BEHAR: Everything.
HOSTIN: And so now, he's just openly embracing these words like garbage, like filth, like these –
BEHAR: Vermin.
HOSTIN: And vermin.
[Crosstalk]
GOLDBERG: This is not new!
HOSTIN: But where have we heard that language, Whoopi? We have heard that language in places, fascist places where white supremacy has taken over the country. And to hear the people in the background saying, ‘send her back, send her back,’ it's -- it was scary to me actually. It was scary, and I don't want to live in a country where I'm afraid for myself and my children.
BEHAR: But every fascist government looks for a scapegoat. This is his scapegoat.
HOSTIN: It’s otherizing language.
(…)
11:08:40 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: And this is why all the people you would like to have come here are not going to come here, because they don't want to be under a dictatorship.
BEHAR: But why should they come? They have everything going for them back in Norway.
HOSTIN: Yeah.
BEHAR: In Norway you have high quality universal healthcare, strong safety net, the gun laws…