Trump Gets Ripped to Shreds on Live TV In Savage Takedown That Could Leave His Ego in Pieces

President Donald Trump and his latest rant have handed his critics fresh ammunition, and the fallout is getting personal.

A talk show host ripped him to shreds on live television using savage jokes about his jealousy, appearance, and everything they believe he can never measure up to.

The takedown was brutal but the aftermath left everyone saying the same thing: “She’s right.”

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Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar wasted no time roasting Donald Trump over his alleged jealousy of Barack Obama, delivering a brutal jab about his weight. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Joy Behar delivered some of the sharpest blows about Trump’s obsession with Barack Obama.

Her remarks turned a discussion into a brutal roast that could leave Trump’s already bruised ego reeling.

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On “The View” this week, Behar and her co-hosts talked about Trump’s meltdown over Obama’s recent comments at a rally.

“He’s so jealous of Obama. He’ll never be cool,” Behar declared on Oct. 27.

She believes the president is jealous of Obama’s fit physique and his “hopping and bobbing” down steps.

“He’ll never be trim unless he goes on Ozempic, like yesterday. He’ll never sing ‘Let’s Stay Together’ better than Al Green. And he’ll never be a better comedian,” she said.

The 84-year-old comedian delivered another brutal jab Trump might not like.

“Obama is like a 9:00 act when the house is full. And Trump is like 2:00 in the morning when nobody’s there except three drunks from New Jersey,” added Behar.

The comparison quickly drew reactions online, where social media users wrote, “I laughed WAYYY TOO HARD at this,” and “totally accurate!!”

Two critics blasted Behar, saying, “Wait a minute! You’re fat shaming Trump” and “My God … pathetic.”

Others piled on with their own jabs, calling Trump “overweight,” while arguing he may be jealous of Obama’s good looks.

One person joked, “He’s obviously been trying to match Barack’s skin tone with that spray on stuff he’s been using.”

“Most important- He’ll never have the intellectual capacity, the charisma, the influence and power across the world, the integrity and the respect, and the crowd-size President Obama has,” declared another person.

But the big question many had was: “OMG, wonder why he hasn’t done ozempic?”

Behar’s punchlines followed a lively discussion of Obama’s recent rally appearance, where the former president mocked Trump’s renovations.

Obama joked that Trump had the White House looking “like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”

Trump fired back by attacking Obama’s ability to recognize proper maintenance.

“Guys like Obama don’t see it. He doesn’t see dirt, he doesn’t see filth, he doesn’t see broken ornaments on a building,” Trump complained before calling him “lousy.”

Sunny Hostin suggested Trump’s remarks about Obama and dirt carried racial connotations. Whoopi Goldberg offered her own theory about the president’s fixation on his predecessor.

“He’ll never be a brotha. That’s a fact. He’ll never be a brother, and he wants to be a brotha, and he can’t,” Goldberg said.

She also warned that a president needs thicker skin to handle criticism.

The exchange marked Behar’s return to familiar territory after a painful injury kept her away from the program since Oct. 1.

But Trump’s feud with the panel has never required much recovery time.

During an Oct. 21 appearance, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith challenged the hosts to invite Trump onto their program after defending his own White House dinner with the president.

“We’ve invited all of them,” Ana Navarro replied.

And Behar has previously attracted attention from Trump’s allies. During a heated debate over his prescription drug initiative, TrumpRx, she called her colleagues who defended its potential benefits “naive.”

Dr. Mehmet Oz later quipped on X that there’s no medication for “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

But the TrumpRx clash wasn’t the first time “The View” sparred with Trump.

In February 2026, Goldberg blasted Trump for denying he’d called on Republicans to nationalize elections, despite video proof. Meanwhile, Behar suggested he had short-term memory loss.

By May, it turned personal: the White House mocked her career after she criticized Trump’s decisions around the ongoing war in Iran.

A White House spokeperson described Behar as an “extremely unlikeable, talentless hack with a poorly rated TV show who clearly suffers from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

During a June 17 episode, Behar admitted the president’s behavior had exhausted her.

“I’m so tired of Donald Trump. I can barely even talk about him anymore,” she declared before criticizing his leadership and conduct.

Trump can cover the White House in gold, but he still cannot purchase everything that makes Obama who he is.

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