Ana Navarro Returns With Plenty to Say

The View: Behind the Table

Ana Navarro returns to 'The View: Behind the Table' for a lively and candid episode filled with political commentary, personal reflections, and humorous banter with host

Key takeaways

• Trump's GOP convention speech was criticized for being excessively long, self-focused, and reminiscent of authoritarian rhetoric.
• The idea of $5,000 dividend checks is seen as a rehash of past unfulfilled promises, undermining its credibility with voters.

Main topics

• Donald Trump's GOP Midterm Convention speech
• Critique of Trump's $5,000 dividend promise

Notable quotes

"When Oprah offered you a car, the car would show up. When Trump offers you a check, the check never comes."

Conclusion

Ana Navarro delivers a sharp blend of political analysis and personal humor, using her

Transcript preview

Speaker 4 (0:00) Early morning on a Manhattan sidewalk, a shooting caught on surveillance video. Speaker 5 (0:05) It was an assassination-style killing, and everybody saw it. Speaker 4 (0:10) A new podcast series from ABC Audio in 2020 goes inside this captivating case. I'm ABC News legal analyst Brian Buckmeyer. Listen to Burden of Proof, Luigi Mangione, wherever you get your podcasts. Speaker 3 (0:27) All right, it is Thursday, September 10th. I am here with Anna Navarro. I am here with Cha-Cha in their first Behind the Table. representation in season 30 here on the podcast. Hello, Anna. If Speaker 1 (0:39) we're going to fake enthusiasm, I'll get into the game. And I am here with Brian, who just turned 50. I Speaker 3 (0:46) did. I turned 50 years old, and I was surprised on the show today. That was absolutely lovely. I was not expecting that at all. So they were able Speaker 1 (0:53) to get David Letterman to show up on your tribute video, but they couldn't get your wife? Speaker 3 (0:57) No. Apparently, Heather was invited to the show, but had to wait for a repairman of something at the house. That's what I've heard. Speaker 1 (1:13) So how's 50 treating you? Speaker 3 (1:15) I'm having trouble with it, to be honest with you. I really am. I mean, listen, it wasn't that long ago for you. Did you not feel like you were crossing over into something at 50? I Speaker 1 (1:25) actually cried at 40. 50, you know what? Okay, this is going to get low. This is going to get sad quickly. But remember, 50 was the year my mom died. Speaker 3 (1:33) Of course. And my Speaker 1 (1:34) mom died two weeks before I turned 50. And I remember that I was turning 50 and I was thinking of having a party. And my mom got sick and I kept saying, no, I don't think I can have this party. I don't think I can have this party. And I remember saying to my mom, promise me you're going to make it to my 50th. And she didn't. So, you know, so and your dad died last year. So it's a heavy thing because you're getting to this milestone without one of your parents. But also, Brian, can you please stop bitching about turning 50? OK, until you're dealing with vaginal dryness. and hairs coming out of like your chin, Speaker 3 (2:14) I Speaker 1 (2:15) have no pity for you. Like actually, it would be nice if you had hair coming out of your chin. Yeah, I have Speaker 3 (2:21) to go a couple weeks to get some hairs coming out of Speaker 1 (2:23) my Speaker 3 (2:23) chin. Yeah, no, Speaker 2 (2:24) I Speaker 3 (2:24) can grow a beard. Speaker 1 (2:25) You know, I saw this guy who plays for the Cavaliers yesterday with, I mean, that is a beard. James Speaker 3 (2:33) Harden. Yes. I Speaker 1 (2:34) mean, I'm sure that what you're capable of producing out of your face is like an armpit hair. No, Speaker 3 (2:41) I Speaker 1 (2:41) mean, I can Speaker 3 (2:41) get a little stubble after a couple of weeks, but that's about it. I haven't gone for a beard. What's Speaker 1 (2:44) wrong Speaker 3 (2:44) with Speaker 1 (2:45) you? I don't know. I Speaker 3 (2:46) don't know. I haven't gone for it. So here, to put a button on it, yeah, 50, it's just, you can't pretend anymore. You're definitely... You know, you're old. Your time of Speaker 1 (2:54) youthful indiscretion is over. Speaker 3 (2:56) I'm on the back nine in golf parlance. It's unlikely I've got more time ahead of me than behind. I Speaker 1 (3:01) don't know. People are living to be 100 plus years old. Yeah, Speaker 3 (3:05) yeah. But today was lovely and everyone was so nice and Whoopi was very nice. And the idea that David Letterman took time out of his life to do that. And Speaker 1 (3:12) John Speaker 3 (3:12) Legend serenaded you. And apparently there's a longer version where John Legend talks about how I'm really good at fantasy football, which... I am. And we did our draft last night. So that was very meaningful and wonderful. Are you still in the Speaker 1 (3:24) John Legend League? It Speaker 3 (3:25) just started again, yes. So that's it. Yeah. And Darius Rucker's in it and other luminaries. It's very exciting. Speaker 1 (3:30) And then you say I'm the name dropper? Hello. I Speaker 3 (3:33) know. I know. But nobody cares when I do it. But I'm so grateful. And Robin Hummel, who runs our Hot Topics team and is the executive broadcast producer of The View, put that together all for me. And that was very, very sweet. Okay, fine. Speaker 1 (3:45) Enough about you. Enough about me. Speaker 3 (3:48) Let's get to some hot topics. All right. So Trump hit the stage in Dallas last night for the GOP midterm convention. This is a new thing that he's created. First off, what did you think about the idea of a convention? Because at one point, the Democrats were going to do one, too. Speaker 1 (4:01) Uh, you know, I had to watch some of it. I didn't listen to it, but I watched it. I was watching it on mute because I had to comment on CNN about it later at night. And I kept thinking to myself, oh, my God, I shaved my legs for this. It just sounded so and looked so insane. Tim Scott looked like he had, you know, had. five of those five-hour energy drinks, then Donald Trump gets on, and this thing is endless. It's like a mini Fidel Castro speech. You know how Fidel Castro would give speeches and they would last seven hours? Donald Trump spoke through like three different CNN hour programs. You know, he began on one and ended. I'm not even sure he's ended. Has it ended? Has he stopped? Speaker 3 (4:52) I was watching football. I don't know. Speaker 1 (4:53) Well, look. Speaker 1 (4:56) Number one, it told me that Donald Trump is going to have a really hard time getting off the stage and getting the spotlight off squarely him and himself and I. Right. It's all about Donald Trump. I saw several instances on the things he said, the clips that I saw where I thought this would make a great ad for Democrats. When he says. I'm on the ballot, okay? I'm on the ballot. Okay, you think Mike Rogers in Michigan running for the Senate wants that in an ad? You think Susan Collins running in a tight race in Maine wants that in an ad? And so I think we're going to see more of that. What Speaker 3 (5:38) did you think about the promise for the $5,000 in dividends? He does this all the time. Speaker 1 (5:42) He went back to the same playbook over and over again, right? The culture war stuff. Speaker 3 (5:47) Right. The Speaker 1 (5:47) stuff about transgender and this and that. Okay. You know, it worked for him in 2016. It worked for him in 2024. And he's going back to it. But I don't think people are as worried about it as they were. It was effective in 2024. This check thing. I can't tell you how many interviews, men on the street interviews I saw in 2024 of young men in particular talking about. the Trump checks. Remember those checks that had his name on them where he signed. So I think he's trying to bring back that idea. But didn't he promise two thousand dollars, two Speaker 3 (6:24) thousand dollars in dividends from the tariffs? And they never happened. As Speaker 1 (6:28) far as I know, the only person who's gotten a check from Trump is Stormy Daniels and now Natalie Harp. Speaker 3 (6:34) Well, I think that might have been cash. But Speaker 1 (6:37) yeah, look, I think it's I don't first I don't think people buy it. I think people see it as for what it is. I mean, it's a lot of money Speaker 3 (6:46) for people. And the idea of getting a $5,000 is meaningful if they believe it. But he already promised a $2 Speaker 1 (6:51) ,000 check that hasn't materialized. So why would they believe this? I mean, you know, this is, you know, when Oprah offered you a car, the car would show up. When Trump offers you a check, the check never comes. It's, you know, the check is in the mail. And he's, you know, you know what's ironic? You know who does this type of thing? Communists. Communists, when Chavez was running for re-election in Venezuela or Maduro running for re-election in Venezuela, they would, you know, hand out money, hand out gifts and things before an election, particularly to the poor people to try to, you know, in a way, buy those votes. A lot of times they ended up losing regardless. not accepting the election results. It's the kind of thing that Ortega does in Nicaragua that Maduro did in Venezuela. And I, you know, also this idea of Democrats as communists and socialists. I think we're going to hear this over and over and over again. And for me, it was so ironic because I'm thinking to myself, OK, there's Trump standing up promising $5,000 checks like the communists do. And. attacking Democrats as communists and socialists at the same time that he just made a deal. with Delcy Rodriguez, who is Nicolás Maduro's vice president, who he has left in power in Venezuela. The entire remnants of the Maduro regime are still in power and being legitimized through Donald Trump and through this 100-year deal. And I'm thinking, this guy's in bed with actual communists. whether it's in North Korea or Venezuela, and he's up there on a stage making this an entire thing. You know, communists, the Democrats are communists, Democrats are communists. And then, you know, there was the Fetterman thing. I don't even know what to make of the Fetterman thing. I do tell Democrats that they should stop calling him a traitor and all of those things because they need him, right? It'd be a hell of a thing. If Democrats wind up losing the Senate and then lose power, lose the majority because Fetterman decides to become a Republican next year. So they need him to stay what he is. I think he's going to have a reckoning if he runs again. I'm sure he's going to have a primary and I think