Whoopi Goldberg: Trump is turning into a ‘Twilight Zone’ character

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said Friday that President Trump has turned into a “very strange Twilight Zone character” as the panel took up his repeated remarks about Sen. Jon Husted’s physique on the campaign trail.

Mr. Trump began describing the Ohio Republican’s body at an Oct. 12 rally in Youngstown, Ohio, where he said he looked Mr. Husted over to confirm he was a great athlete. He returned to the subject Oct. 17 in Highland Heights, Kentucky. On Oct. 20 he did so again at a Greenville, North Carolina, rally for Senate candidate Michael Whatley, saying Mr. Husted’s backside was “like a pile of muscle,” the Daily Beast reported.

On Friday’s show, former Trump White House communications aide Alyssa Farah Griffin joked that the remarks were “refreshing.” She said the bigger story was that Mr. Trump keeps having to campaign in deep-red parts of the country less than two weeks before the midterms. Co-host Sara Haines said the commentary made no sense. She likened Mr. Trump to a grandfather people are trying to pull away from the spotlight.

Co-host Ana Navarro argued the remarks were a diversion from voters’ concerns. She called Mr. Trump the “master of the art of distraction” and said he can’t talk about gas prices or inflation. She described mortgage rates as 7.5% and diesel as $6.

Ms. Navarro also called the remarks ironic, noting Republican attacks on Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, a Democrat. Vice President J.D. Vance told a Texas rally crowd earlier this month, “I’m the vice president, not James Talarico.” Ms. Navarro characterized the line as an insinuation that Mr. Talarico is gay. She said Mr. Trump now sounds like he is auditioning for an elderly character in “Heated Rivalry.” Co-host Sunny Hostin called the comments unhinged.

Ms. Goldberg said she hopes viewers simply find the remarks bizarre. She then urged them to vote, saying Americans don’t want “Twilight Zone” characters running the country.