Whoopi Goldberg Claims Trump Wants To Turn America Into ‘The Apprentice’: “I Don’t Know If I Want To Play That Game”

On The View Tuesday, Whoopi Goldberg complained that President Donald Trump is handling his presidency, and this country, like his former reality show The Apprentice.

ABC’s Jonathan Karl was visiting to promote his new book Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America when he shared his perspective on whether or not Trump would run for a third term in 2028, and his answer did not inspire much hope for Goldberg.

While Karl does not believe Trump will be pushing for a third term, he noted, “This talk can get out of control.”

“The minute he makes it clear he’s not gonna try and run again, then all the attention goes. He’s a lame duck president then all of the attention goes to Marco Rubio, J.D. Vance, whoever else might be running,” Karl speculated. “I’m sure he’d love to do The Apprentice thing and see who [will succeed him]. But at some point, does he really pass the baton and he’s no longer the center of attention? I don’t know how he does that.”

However, Karl confirmed that he has heard Trump tell his “friends” that he is “leaving at the end of this.”

Earlier during their discussion, Karl also noted that Trump seems to be thinking more abotu the legacy he will leave behind as he continues focusing on the White House ballroom renovation and brokering peace abroad. Goldberg complained, noting the government shutdown is “hurting people now.”

“Well, that’s our president. That’s our president y’all. And so everything thats happening in Europe and everything that’s happening outside of here seems to be what he’s all about,” Goldberg said. “And he wants to make the U.S. The Apprentice.”

“I don’t know if I want to play that game,” she commented. “I actually need somebody to take care of these folks.”

When Goldberg asked Karl what Trump’s “endgame” may be, Karl speculated, “He is thinking now, more than he ever did, – I don’t think he thought much about it in the first term – about his place in history and his legacy and he sees it in different terms than what you’re defining.”

“He sees it in terms of like how the White House is transformed and how he’s lauded around the world as a great peacemaker,” he said.

The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.