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President Donald Trump on Tuesday verbally flayed Alyssa Farah Griffin, co-host of "The View," after she reneged on her promise to wear a MAGA hat on the ABC broadcast if the president secured freedom for the Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
Late last year, Farah Griffin said of Trump on the air: "If he does good, if he gets the Israeli hostages out, I promise I will wear a MAGA hat for one day on this show and say, 'Thank you for doing it.'"
Co-host Sunny Hostin piped in: "Please don't do that."
Farah Griffin replied: "You have to be able to cheer for wins when they happen and then call out relentlessly the wrongdoing."
On Tuesday, a day after Trump secured release of the hostages, Farah Griffin did not wear a MAGA hat during her program, and the president was asked about it during a White House lunch with Argentina President Javier Milei.
"She used to work here," Trump explained, referring to her role as White House director of strategic communications and assistant to the president in 2020. "I'll tell you about Alyssa."
"She gave me the most beautiful letter you've ever seen, [saying] I was a great president, what a great job."
"This is Alyssa who I never thought was very outstanding. I figured she would not make it. And she didn't have a big role here either. And then we had Jan. 6 and she left after that."
"Even months after she left, she sent another letter, glowing letter, beautiful letter. And then she got hired by 'The View,' and they gave her a couple of bucks, and she changed her view very quickly."
"I never thought she'd make it, never thought she had what it took in any way."
"It just shows what a fraud 'The View' is because this woman gave me letters and statements. She said I was the greatest president in her lifetime. Now she's not that old, so I didn't consider it a great compliment."
The president concluded: "I think she's a joke."
