Whoopi Goldberg's theory on Trump is the most bizarre one can imagine

The View's Whoopi Goldberg just added another gem to her long list of head-scratching hot takes, this time floating the idea that President Donald Trump kicked off military action against Iran purely as a shiny object to distract everyone from the heartbreaking disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie's mom, and those lingering Epstein files.

How the heck does that make any sense? I mean, what does the President have to do with a kidnapping and why would he want to distract from it?

During a recent episode, Goldberg [whose real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson] went bizarre conspiracy mode, insisting the public was being deliberately steered away from these other stories. "Well, I mean, it's just nutty as hell. It's nutty as hell," Caryn said.

She continued: “…Every day is something new. I was thinking about it yesterday because I thought, Well, okay, why haven't we been talking about Savannah Guthrie and what's going on there? Why haven't we not been talking about the Epstein files? Because that's still there. This is meant to get us so worked up that we are unable to see anything else.”

Co-host [Not-so] Sunny Hostin piled on with the classic line, saying, "It's a very 'wag the dog' feeling." 

Look, feelings about the ongoing conflict with Iran can run hot, fair enough, but the suggestion that Trump launched airstrikes and a broader military campaign just to bury coverage of an 84-year-old woman's abduction from her  Tucson home (now in its sixth week with massive media attention, a $1 million reward, and Savannah herself stepping away from the Today show to focus on the search) or the Epstein documents is the kind of logic that only makes sense if you're viewing the world through a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

This isn't Goldberg's first swing-and-miss on Iran, either. Last year she famously equated the lived experience of Black Americans in the U.S. to the brutal oppression faced by women under the Iranian regime, another take that aged like Blockbuster stock.

Sure, when the U.S. military unleashes over 5,000 strikes on enemy targets, it dominates headlines. That's just how it works. But the Guthrie case hasn't vanished; it's still getting wall-to-wall coverage, with daily updates, family pleas, investigations into damaged utility boxes and doorbell footage, and even international attention. 

The Epstein files are still bubbling in the background, as they have for years.

Goldberg knows, or at least should know, that wars don't erase other news; they just compete for oxygen. Yet TDS has a funny way of short-circuiting rational thought. When Trump is involved, suddenly the most basic cause-and-effect reasoning goes out the window, replaced by elaborate distraction theories that collapse under the slightest scrutiny.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, the conflict is ramping up even as Trump signals it could wrap soon.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Tuesday that Israel is "not seeking an endless war" and will coordinate with the United States on when to end the bombardment of the Iranian regime’s military and nuclear capabilities.

The airstrikes have hammered over 5,000 targets, gutting the regime's ability to sustain a fight. Whether you support the operation or not, spinning it as a ploy to hide a missing-person case or old scandal files is peak absurdity—and Goldberg served it up with a straight face. Classic View moment: lots of heat, zero light.

Meanwhile, Nancy Guthrie is still missing.

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