‘The View’ co-host praises former boss Trump for his ‘massive diplomatic achievement’ in securing a historic hostage deal.qn

ABC’s “The View” lauded the safe return of Israeli hostages on Monday, with co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin praising her former boss Donald Trump and his administration’s key role in the historic moment.

If this deal holds, Griffin said, it is a “massive diplomatic achievement.”

“The whole world can breathe a sigh of relief,” she said. Earlier, co-host Whoopi Goldberg played clips of celebrations of the current peace in the war-torn area, saying, “we can all pray that it stays that way.”

Griffin said there were no Jews around the world who didn’t feel the impact of Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists went on a horrific rampage, killing more than 1,100 people and kidnapping 250 others, including young children.

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Alyssa Farah Griffin

“The View” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin praised the Trump administration’s brokering of the hostage peace deal. (Screenshot/ABC)

“Whether you like Trump or not, I think he, I think [Special Envoy] Steve Witkoff, and I think Jared Kushner do deserve credit for this deal,” Griffin said, noting the direct negotiations between the latter two and Hamas. “I used to be of the mind that we don’t negotiate with terrorists, but sometimes the only way to get peace is to sit down with some of the most evil people and try to come up with what we can do to end the bloodshed. So thank God, I pray that this peace holds.”

Griffin pledged in January to wear a MAGA hat if Trump freed the Israeli hostages.

“If he gets the Israeli hostages out, I promise i will wear a MAGA hat for one day on the show, and say, ‘Thank you for doing it,’” she said on the show.

Co-host Sara Haines noted Monday that the deal had left Hamas, the terrorist group that governs Gaza, in a powerless position. The deal freed 2,000 Palestinian prisoners or detainees of Israel during the conflict as well, and there is a ceasefire as of Monday.

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Knesset

    President Donald Trump addresses the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on October 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Evelyn Hockstein – Pool/Getty Images)

  • President Donald Trump talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset,

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Donald Trump as Israel’s “greatest friend” in a Knesset speech on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Kenny Holston/Pool via Reuters)

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On Monday, Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset, where he celebrated the deal and basked in gushing praise from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his support of Israel and role in getting the surviving hostages home to their families.

Trump called the moment a “historic dawn of a new Middle East” and called on the rebuilding of Gaza from the rubble of the war.

“Donald Trump went on record saying, there are things Israel now needs to do as well, so his deal was a compromise,” Haines said. “Neither side got everything they wanted, but most importantly those hostages are home.”

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Co-host Sunny Hostin didn’t mention Trump but said she had been praying on a daily basis for a peaceful resolution to the war that had devastated Gaza and brought international criticism to Israel for its prosecution of the conflict.

David Rutz is a senior editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @davidrutz.

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