The recent breakthrough in Gaza that returned the final Israeli hostages to their families is a rare piece of good news in a dark chapter of the Middle East, and it didn’t happen by accident. Reports confirm a negotiated pause and a deal that led to the release of the last living captives and a temporary cessation of fighting — an outcome that should be hailed for the lives it saved and the suffering it ended.
On ABC’s The View the reaction was telling: Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sara Haines openly acknowledged the role of President Trump and his team in brokering the deal, while Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin conspicuously avoided giving him credit. The contrast was stark on live television — two hosts willing to call it like it is and the rest retreating into reflexive partisan silence.
Conservatives were quick to remind viewers of a promise made on that very set — Alyssa Farah Griffin once said she would wear a MAGA hat on air if Trump helped bring the hostages home, a vow that social media resurrected the moment the deal closed. The clip went viral for good reason: it exposed the panic among the left when confronted with a real-world Trump success.
Dave Rubin’s reaction to the DM clip was blunt and patriotic, and he was right to play it for people who still expect the press to operate like adults rather than political cheer squads. The conservative case here is simple: when America negotiates and brings people home, credit is due — and the mainstream media’s refusal to acknowledge that reality is both political and immoral.
Let’s be honest about what this moment reveals — a media establishment so invested in its narrative that it would rather gaslight viewers than admit a win for the country. Whoopi’s baffling hesitation and Sunny Hostin’s refusal to clap exposed either a willful ignorance about who Hamas is and what it represents, or a tribal loyalty to the left that trumps decency and truth.
Reports also make clear that this wasn’t simply happenstance diplomacy; President Trump’s team, including envoys who met directly with Hamas intermediaries, played a central role in pushing the negotiations across the finish line. If meeting the enemy to secure freedom for hostages is what it takes, then real leaders do it — and they don’t hide from the applause when it works.
Americans who love this country should demand better from their media: acknowledge success, comfort the families finally reunited, and stop pretending partisan spite is more important than human life. This was a victory for those families and for the cause of peace, and fair-minded people — regardless of their politics — should say so loud and proud.
