Oh, Whoopi. Once again, America’s least informed daytime talk show host is out here embarrassing herself on national television, this time ranting about Elon Musk, NASA, and—somehow—armored cars.
If you had the misfortune of catching The View this week, you’d have seen Goldberg in peak form, confidently making statements with zero understanding of what she was actually talking about. This time, she’s convinced that Musk is personally responsible for a Delta flight skidding off a Toronto runway (he isn’t) and that she should have been consulted before NASA signed contracts with SpaceX (she shouldn’t have been).
It was a masterclass in righteous indignation mixed with profound ignorance. Goldberg, working herself into a panic, started shouting about the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) firings, tripping over the pronunciation of DOGE (which, to be clear, is not an actual government agency), and generally spinning conspiracy theories that even Twitter’s worst would hesitate to post. She confidently declared that Musk’s SpaceX was in competition with NASA, completely unaware that SpaceX has been working with NASA for over a decade. But hey, facts have never been a requirement over at ABC.
NEW: Whoopi Goldberg says DOGE should cut funding to SpaceX because the U.S. government already has NASA.
LMAO.
Goldberg thought she had a mic drop moment when she made the mind-numbing comment.
“I don’t remember asking for [SpaceX]. When did I say, ‘Hey, we need another… pic.twitter.com/V27xSq1TmW
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 18, 2025
Let’s break this down for Whoopi since ABC apparently won’t do it. SpaceX was founded in 2002, back when the most significant thing Goldberg was doing was voicing a hyena in The Lion King. Since then, the company has revolutionized space travel—literally. Unlike NASA’s old, disposable boosters, SpaceX’s rockets are reusable, which saves the government billions in costs.
When Obama (Goldberg’s favorite president) shut down the U.S. Space Shuttle program in 2011, America was left paying Russia to send our astronauts to space. Yes, really. It wasn’t until 2020—under, you guessed it, Trump—that SpaceX launched American astronauts from American soil again. So if Goldberg is really worried about where her tax dollars are going, she should take it up with Obama, not Musk.
But of course, that’s not what this is about. This isn’t about facts, logic, or even a basic grasp of government contracts. It’s about rage. ABC News and The View don’t care about reality; they care about finding the next convenient Republican-adjacent boogeyman to scream about. And Musk—because he dared to buy Twitter and turn it into a free-speech platform—happens to be at the top of the list.
Goldberg’s meltdown reached peak absurdity when she demanded to know why she was “paying” for Cybertrucks and NASA’s partnership with SpaceX. The short answer? Because the U.S. government signs contracts with private companies all the time, and The View doesn’t get a veto.
The military buys trucks from Ford and Chevy. The government buys computers from Dell and Apple. And yes, NASA—rather than building its own rockets—hires SpaceX to do it more efficiently. That’s how government contracting works. But in Goldberg’s world, this is all some Musk-led conspiracy to defraud taxpayers.
And then, of course, came the dramatic conclusion: “If we want to cut some money, let’s cut some of these.” Ah yes, let’s slash funding for the company that revolutionized space travel, got America back in the game, and saved taxpayers money. Makes perfect sense.
And then she said this:
Whoopi blames Elon Musk, his “DOGY” department, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for the Delta plane crash in Toronto Canada. pic.twitter.com/YD4YcEUHiW
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 18, 2025
The reality is simple: SpaceX isn’t the problem. Whoopi Goldberg’s inability to grasp basic facts is. But don’t expect ABC to correct the record. Outrage is far too profitable.
