The View's Whoopi Goldberg 'profoundly disturbed' as she refuses to say Donald Trump's name

The View host Whoopi Goldberg refused to say Donald Trump's name on air following his win of the Presidential election earlier this week against Democratic leader Kamala Harris

As the United States witnessed Donald Trump win the presidential election earlier this week, many who voted for the Democratic party were left devastated.

And one person who has always made her feelings known on her dislike for the Republican leader, is The View host Whoopi Goldberg. While on-air along with her fellow hosts, the Hollywood actress refused to refer to him by name and stated "that's not going to change."

Sat alongside her co-hosts Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, Joy Behar and Alyssa Farah Griffin, she asked the panel: "So what happened last night? He’s the president. I’m still not going to say his name. That’s not going to change." Sunny then said: "I’m profoundly disturbed. If you look at The New York Times this morning, the headline was ‘America Makes a Perilous Choice.’

She continued: "I think in 2016 we didn’t know what we would get from a Trump administration. We know now. We know now he will have almost unfettered power. I worry not about myself actually. I don’t worry about my station in life. I worry about the working class. I worry about my mother, a retired teacher. I worry about our elderly and their social security and medicare. I worry about my children’s future, especially my daughter who has less rights than I had."

The broadcaster went on to say: "As a woman of colour, I was so hopeful that a mixed race woman married to a Jewish guy could be elected president of this country. It had nothing to do with policy. This was a referendum of cultural resentment in this country."

Meanwhile Joy said: "We live in a democracy. People spoke. This is what people wanted. I vehemently disagree with the decision that Americans made, but I feel very, very hopeful that we have a democratic system in this country. We should value it. We should love it. We should protest if the situation arises that we need to protest, which I’m sure it will. I’ve been there this before with Nixon. We have a country and we can keep it."

Jumping in on the discussion, fellow host Ana added: "I have no regrets. I worked hard as hell to elect the first Black, Asian woman president. History slipped through our fingers again. I worked hard as hell for Donald Trump not to be president. But today, unlike Donald Trump and his followers, I acknowledge that he won. I hope for the best for our country.

She explained: "I make a commitment to our LGBTQ, to our immigrants, to our elderly, young girls, women, we will not stop fighting. We can be sad today. Today we can be sad. Tomorrow we stand up and continue." And Sara was keen to reiterate the sentiment as she said: "Let’s continue to fight for the people we care about. I still feel optimistic because I am arm in arm with people who agree with me."

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