‘The View’ Skips Halloween Costumes But Can’t Exorcise Trump’s Nightmarish Bedevilment

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No costumes, but The View didn’t ignore Halloween this year, opening the show with a pre-taped dream sketch in which each of the hosts, bored to tears at a morning staff meeting as producer Brian Teta drones on and on about his podcast, dozes off and has a Trump-inspired nightmare.

Watch the video below. For Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin, a shared nightmare had them running through the streets of Manhattan during a Purge-like event, as Trump’s voice speaks of the benefits of “one real, rough nasty day.” Finally, the cohosts come up with the concept of a plan for escape.

Next up was Ana Navarro, lounging on a cruise ship reading Ricky Martin’s memoir when suddenly she’s forced to choose between sharks and electrocution, one of Trump’s weirder fantasy scenarios. “I’m not even on the show today,” Navarro gripes. “What bitch is dreaming of me?” Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin desperately search for their pets – Behar’s dog Bernie, Hostin’s chickens – as Trump warns, “They’re eating the dogs!

They’re eating the pets.” “What has that convicted felon done with my dog?” Behar demands, while Hostin, taking a quick pause in her panic, says “I have a legal note: No animals were harmed or eaten during this segment, or anywhere else in America.” Waking up back at the morning meeting with Teta still yapping on, the cohosts are joined by a tardy Whoopi Goldberg, all done up as Trump’s favorite bogeyman Hannibal Lecter. “What’s the big deal?” she says. “I’m just having people over for dinner.” With all that out of the way, the show resumed live, with the non-costumed hosts diving into today’s Hot Topic No.