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These days, I don’t often find myself agreeing with Arnold Schwarzenegger, but credit where it’s due — he nailed it on “The View.” Joy Behar tried to corner him into bashing Donald Trump’s immigration policies, but it backfired spectacularly. Instead of playing along, Schwarzenegger pushed back in a way that left her flat-footed. It was a textbook example of how these left-wing hosts keep walking into their own traps, blinded by their obsession with landing a cheap shot.
The former California governor and Austrian immigrant was not going to play along with Behar’s obvious setup when she asked him if he had “a visceral reaction to what they’re doing, what ICE is doing when you see the videos of it.” Instead of delivering the anti-Trump soundbite that Behar was obviously fishing for, Schwarzenegger launched into a passionate defense of legal immigration and America as the land of opportunity.
“I’m so proud and happy that I was embraced by the American people like that”, Schwarzenegger responded, completely redirecting the conversation. “I mean, imagine. I came over here at the age of 21. With absolutely nothing. And then to create a career like that. I mean, in no other country in the world could you do that.”
The Governator didn’t stop there, delivering what amounted to a love letter to America that must have made Behar squirm in her seat. Every achievement in his life, from bodybuilding to acting to becoming governor, happened “because of America”, he explained. This led him to declare that “this is the greatest country in the world and this is the land of opportunity.
