On their Wednesday episode, ABC’s The View spewed their usual vitriol about the Trump administration, with Joy Behar especially going above and beyond. As the rest of the panel cheered her on, she spun an on-the-spot conspiracy theory, with zero to flimsy evidence, about Trump plotting to declare martial law and make himself a dictator. She threw that piece of fiction out there as though it were legitimate political commentary.
“[W]hat is his exact plan?” Behar demanded to know of Trump’s tariffs. Then, in answer to her own question, she declared: “He’s trying to destroy the country.”
Behar did not attempt to produce a shred of actual evidence for this accusation, but she didn’t let that stand in her way, and decided to weave a conspiracy theory out of whole cloth right there on the spot.
“Now, why’s he doing that?” she…
