With America’s 250th birthday coming up next month, ABC News co-host Sunny Hostin went on an anti-American rant during Friday’s episode of The View. Hostin, who once said she felt more comfortable in Ghana than America, proclaimed she was “embarrassed” by many things about the country that gave her the privilege to be a multimillionaire TV co-host. She even asserted that America was a “failed experiment” in self-governance. While reacting to the UFC stage being built on the White House lawn, Hostin raged at America and ranted about how “embarrassed” the country made her. She was especially embarrassed by what other countries thought of America: And at this point, I am embarrassed at our government. I'm embarrassed at our lack of healthcare. I'm embarrassed on the assault on the press. I'm embarrassed of our Congress. I'm embarrassed by the criminal felon president that is in the Oval Office that has a UFC cage on the White House lawn. (…) I'm embarrassed about all those things. And I'm also embarrassed at how America is now seen across the globe. I don't think that many Americans understand that we are part of a wonderful global community. And when you look at our allies, our allies are now giving us a one-star rating as a country. She went on to declare that America “is, at this point, a failed experiment, quite frankly.”   Sunny Hostin, who once said she was more comfortable in Ghana than America, says she's "embarrassed" by the country as America nears 250 and calls it a "failed experiment" in self governance: SUNNY HOSTIN: And so I think we have a very complicated history here. I think it's a… pic.twitter.com/gILwK0E8y8 — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 5, 2026   Faux conservative co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pushed back and asked if America was “beyond redemption.” Hostin walked it back slightly but said former President Bill Clinton sapped her hope for a swift recovery: FARAH GRIFFIN: You think it's beyond redemption at this point? HOSTIN: I think at this point it is failing. It is a failed -- FARAH GRIFFIN: You don't think elections could bring it back, a change could bring it close -- HOSTIN: I spoke to President Clinton when he was here, off camera, and he believes that it's going to take this country decades to recover from what has been done. Moderator Whoopi Goldberg was not going to stand for such doom and gloom on the show. “I don't. I don't think it's going to take us decades,” she directly addressed Hostin’s comment. Goldberg talked about how proud she was to live in America after living other places: Let me start with this, I am really proud to be an American, because I've lived in other places, as have we all. And to be able to do what we do and not get arrested tells you this is still America. I love all the places I've lived but this is the only country that I know that allows us to do what we do and for that, I'm forever grateful.   Whoopi says she's "forever grateful" to America and for 250 years of it: HOSTIN: I spoke to president Clinton when he was here, off camera, and he believes that it's going to take this country decades to recover from what has been done. WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I don't. I don't think… pic.twitter.com/hjbotK0ClS — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 5, 2026   Fake Republican co-host Ana Navarro had mixed feelings about America. “But I think you can separate feeling proud of America, feeling proud of being an American, feeling proud of the exceptionalism and resilience of this country, and feeling really ashamed and embarrassed and horrified by the American government right now,” she said. Navarro went on to falsely claim the Trump administration ordered, “U.S. citizens killed for exercising their right to protest; like they killed Alex Pretti and Renee good in the streets of Minneapolis.”   Ana Navarro falsely claims the Trump is killing American citizens for protesting using children "as human bait" and allowing them to die in custody: "But I think you can separate feeling proud of America, feeling proud of being an American, feeling proud of the exceptionalism… pic.twitter.com/jyDGRAvCYQ — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 5, 2026   Additionally, she ridiculously asserted the administration was abusing kids: Or small five-year-old children used as human bait. Thousands of children are being held in detention centers all over this country like Dilley outside of San Antonio in deplorable conditions, they are dying from lack of medical care. They are getting sick from dirty water. Of course, the “bona fide news program” didn’t provide evidence. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s The View June 5, 2026 11:04:47 a.m. Eastern (…) ANA NAVARRO: But I think you can separate feeling proud of America, feeling proud of being an American, feeling proud of the exceptionalism and resilience of this country, and feeling really ashamed and embarrassed and horrified by the American government right now. You know, I never thought in my entire life I would see U.S. citizens killed for exercising their right to protest; like they killed Alex Pretti and Renee good in the streets of Minneapolis. Or small five-year-old children used as human bait. Thousands of children are being held in detention centers all over this country like Dilley outside of San Antonio in deplorable conditions, they are dying from lack of medical care. They are getting sick from dirty water. (…) 11:07:13 a.m. Eastern SUNNY HOSTIN: And so I think we have a very complicated history here. I think it's a very complicated country. And at this point, I am embarrassed at our government. I'm embarrassed at our lack of healthcare. I'm embarrassed on the assault on the press. I'm embarrassed of our Congress. I'm embarrassed by the criminal felon president that is in the Oval Office that has a UFC cage on the White House lawn. SARA HAINES: It's really American, Sunny. HOSTIN: I'm embarrassed about all those things. And I'm also embarrassed at how America is now seen across the globe. I don't think that many Americans understand that we are part of a wonderful global community. And when you look at our allies, our allies are now giving us a one-star rating as a country. While I am conflicted about this country because I feel that it is at this point a failed experiment, quite frankly. I am also discouraged by how this country is viewed by the rest of the world. ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: You think it's beyond redemption at this point? HOSTIN: I think at this point it is failing. It is a failed -- FARAH GRIFFIN: You don't think elections could bring it back, a change could bring it close -- HOSTIN: I spoke to President Clinton when he was here, off camera, and he believes that it's going to take this country decades to recover from what has been done. WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I don't. I don't think it's going to take us decades, because everyone has -- Let me start with this, I am really proud to be an American, because I've lived in other places, as have we all. And to be able to do what we do and not get arrested tells you this is still America. HAINES: Yeah. GOLDBERG: I love all the places I've lived but this is the only country that I know that allows us to do what we do and for that, I'm forever grateful. For 250 years, if we've gotten to here, forget the last two years. Figure how far we got. Figure all the things, all the stuff women were able to do, all the things that we were able to take care of ourselves, finding the ways to make our lives better. That's why glass ceilings were broken. That's why people fought and got run over and hit by water cannons. Was for the right to be an American, to be considered an American. Which is why I get so angry when I listen to people talk about who we're not. We are all Americans. We don't have to believe everything each other believes, but we are all Americans. [Applause] This is our country and we're going to fight like hell for it. We'll be right back.