{"id":301525,"date":"2025-10-14T02:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301525\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T02:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:49:12","slug":"view-co-host-praises-former-boss-trump-for-massive-diplomatic-achievement-in-hostage-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301525\/","title":{"rendered":"‘View’ co-host praises former boss Trump for ‘massive diplomatic achievement’ in hostage deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d <\/a>lauded the safe return of Israeli hostages <\/a>on Monday, with co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin praising her former boss\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0and his administration\u2019s key role in the historic moment.<\/p>\n

If this deal holds, Griffin said, it is a \u201cmassive diplomatic achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole world can breathe a sigh of relief,\u201d she said. Earlier, co-host Whoopi Goldberg<\/a> played clips of celebrations of the\u00a0current peace\u00a0in the war-torn area, saying, \u201cwe can all pray that it stays that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Griffin said there were no Jews around the world who didn\u2019t feel the impact of Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists went on a horrific rampage, killing more than 1,100 people and kidnapping 250 others, including young children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether you like Trump or not, I think he, I think [Special Envoy] Steve Witkoff, and I think Jared Kushner do deserve credit <\/a>for this deal,\u201d Griffin said, noting the direct negotiations between the\u00a0latter two and Hamas. \u201cI used to be of the mind that we don\u2019t negotiate with terrorists, but sometimes the only way to get peace is to sit down with some of the most evil people and try to come up with what we can do to end the bloodshed. So thank God, I pray that this peace holds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump official, speaks on \u201cThe View.\u201d ABC\/The View<\/p>\n

Hostage Evyatar David was one of 20 living in captivity freed on Monday. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Donald Trump speaking at a podium with the Seal of the President of the United States. via REUTERS<\/p>\n

Griffin pledged\u00a0in January to wear a MAGA hat <\/a>if Trump freed the Israeli hostages.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he gets the Israeli hostages out, I promise i will wear a MAGA hat for one day on the show, and say, \u2018Thank you for doing it,\u2019\u201d she said on the show.<\/p>\n

Co-host Sara Haines noted Monday that the deal had left Hamas, the terrorist group that governs Gaza, in a powerless position. The deal freed 2,000 Palestinian prisoners or detainees of Israel during the conflict as well, and there is a ceasefire as of Monday.<\/p>\n

On Monday,\u00a0Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset<\/a>, where he celebrated the deal and basked in gushing praise from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his support of Israel and role in getting the surviving hostages home to their families.<\/p>\n

The co-hosts of \u201cThe View\u201d discuss the Israeli-Hamas peace deal brokered by the Trump administration. ABC\/The View<\/p>\n

Moshe Or, brother of kidnapped Avinatan Or, holds an Israeli flag while on someone\u2019s shoulders at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Jared Kushner speaks at a podium next to Ivanka Trump with a backdrop of posters of people missing with \u201cBring Him Home Now.\u201d Yoav Ginsburg\/ZUMA Press Wire<\/p>\n

Trump called the moment a \u201chistoric dawn of a new Middle East\u201d and called on the rebuilding of Gaza from the rubble of the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald Trump went on record saying, there are things Israel now needs to do as well, so his deal was a compromise,\u201d Haines said. \u201cNeither side got everything they wanted, but most importantly those hostages are home.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Co-host Sunny Hostin didn\u2019t mention Trump but said she had been praying on a daily basis for a peaceful resolution to the war that had\u00a0devastated Gaza<\/a>\u00a0and brought international criticism to Israel for its prosecution of the conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ABC\u2019s \u201cThe View\u201d lauded the safe return of Israeli hostages on Monday, with co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin praising…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":301526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[69,171,4527,45564,153231,99,398,6219,173,67,132,68,6220],"class_list":{"0":"post-301525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hamas","11":"tag-hostages","12":"tag-iran-hostage-crisis","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-media","15":"tag-the-view","16":"tag-tv","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-whoopi-goldberg"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115370247066539582","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}