{"id":2418103,"date":"2025-03-31T17:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alyssa-farah-griffin-calls-trumps-third-term-talk-catnip-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T17:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:19:26","slug":"alyssa-farah-griffin-calls-trumps-third-term-talk-catnip-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alyssa-farah-griffin-calls-trumps-third-term-talk-catnip-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Farah Griffin calls Trump\u2019s third term talk &#8216;catnip&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falyssa-farah-griffin-calls-trumps-third-term-talk-catnip-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2418103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alyssa Farah Griffin, co-host of *The View*, recently commented on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s suggestion about running for a third term, likening it too &#8220;catnip&#8221; for the media. She highlighted how Trump frequently enough <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">makes provocative statements<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-final-piece-of-the-puzzle-former-democrat-congresswoman-blames-zionists-for-9-11-attacks\/\" title=\"\u2018The Final Piece Of The Puzzle\u2019: Former Democrat Congresswoman Blames \u2018Zionists\u2019 For 9\/11 Attacks\">attract media attention<\/a>. Griffin noted that his remarks could be distracting from pressing issues, such as tariffs impacting the economy and controversies around his administration&#8217;s dialog practices.<\/p>\n<p>During the discussion on the show, moderator Whoopi Goldberg speculated that Trump\u2019s talk might be a tactic to shift focus from his administration&#8217;s challenges, while co-host Sunny Hostin suggested that Trump\u2019s affinity for power might lead him to desire an authoritarian role. ana Navarro labeled Trump as the &#8220;distractor in chief,&#8221; emphasizing the need to take his comments seriously, irrespective of their outrageousness.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg concluded the segment by urging viewers to take collective action and vote if they are dissatisfied with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano Made Similar Posts, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a>,reminding them that they are not powerless to effect change.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Alyssa Farah Griffin on Trump&rsquo;s third term talk: &lsquo;Catnip for the media&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2079687\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>On Monday&rsquo;s <em>The View<\/em>, co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alyssa-farah-griffin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alyssa Farah Griffin\">Alyssa Farah Griffin<\/a> reacted to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alyssa-farah-griffin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s recent remarks about possibly seeking a third term in office, comparing them to &ldquo;catnip&rdquo; for journalists.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got this way of dangling things like this out there like catnip so certain corners of the media bite on it,&rdquo; Griffin, who previously worked in Trump&rsquo;s first administration, said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3364102\/charlamagne-tha-god-cnn-more-people-like-scott-jennings\/\">Charlamagne tha God wishes CNN had more people like Scott Jennings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3363503\/brave-plus-streaming-parents-peace-of-mind-trent-talbot\/\">New BRAVE+ streaming platform offers parents peace of mind: Trent Talbot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3361740\/cherry-blossoms-bloom-lego-discovery-center-festival-dc\/\">Cherry blossoms bloom at LEGO Discovery Center for annual festival in DC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>She reminded the audience that &ldquo;in 48 hours, tariffs are going into effect that will cost all of us a lot of money.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Griffin also speculated that Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/j-d-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"J.D. Vance\">JD Vance<\/a> might find Trump&rsquo;s comments &ldquo;a little insulting&rdquo; because Trump&rsquo;s talk of a third term doesn&rsquo;t seem to set up his political partner for a smooth transition of power after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-headline-north-carolina-gop-convention-this-summer\/\" title=\"Trump To Headline North Carolina GOP Convention This Summer\">current term ends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2868748&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=95657bf59f7980687870d57eee31d6c4\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The discussion kicked off when <em>The View <\/em>moderator Whoopi Goldberg asked, &ldquo;Um, is he actually planning on this?&rdquo; Goldberg speculated that Trump&rsquo;s remarks could be &ldquo;just another way to take the headlines away from all the other messes&rdquo; his administration has faced, including the recent controversy about officials using the Signal app for official communications.<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Sunny Hostin added, &ldquo;I think he&rsquo;s so enamored of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and so enamored with power that he wouldn&rsquo;t mind being king with a crooked crown.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fellow host Ana Navarro noted, &ldquo;No matter how insane, stupid, harebrained, and lawless I think something he says might be, I&rsquo;ve learned the lesson of taking him seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She called Trump the &ldquo;distractor in chief,&rdquo; suggesting his talk of a third term was likely a distraction from other scandals.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg wrapped up the conversation with a message for viewers concerned about the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3363052\/the-real-doge-elon-musk-media-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>BYRON YORK: THE REAL DOGE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do not wait for the politicians to get themselves together. 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Get out there and stop it,&rdquo; she said, encouraging viewers to take action.<\/p>\n<p>Later, she added, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re not helpless.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2079687\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2079687\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alyssa Farah Griffin calls Trump&#8217;s third term talk &#8220;media catnip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2418104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trump-wave.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[42522,50676,3634],"class_list":["post-2418103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-alyssa-farah-griffin","tag-third-term-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trump-wave.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418107,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418103\/revisions\/2418107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}