'He lies constantly': Anna Navarro says speculations around WHCD shooting fueled by distrust in Trump

Following the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday night, social media was flooded with conspiracy theories, with influencers, political commentators, and politicians trying to fill the information vacuum with speculation. While President Donald Trump dismissed the conspiracy theories in his interview on '60 Minutes', co-host of 'The View' Anna Navarro claimed the speculation rose because of the lack of distrust in the President, as people are used to watching him lie "daily, constantly, and pathologically." 

Following the incident in which 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen was identified as the shooter, both left- and right-wing accounts on social media claimed the incident was staged, without evidence. While many claimed it was a ploy to get support for Trump's plans to build a new multi-million dollar ballroom in the White House, others claimed it was to boost the President's approval ratings, which have plummeted to record lows. Amidst this, Navarro shared clear reasoning why everyone is dismissing the legitimacy of the incident on her podcast. "I think people jump to that conclusion that it is staged because Trump lies. He lies constantly, daily, and pathologically. So people do not trust or believe anything Trump says. His lips are moving—the likelihood is he is lying," Navarro, who boycotted the event, said. 

She added that the President and his supporters' comments in the aftermath fuelled the fire, as the first thing he tried to do was make a case for his ballroom. Users on X have shared numerous clips and posts from MAGA supporters and leaders, who have pressed on the need for Trump's multi-million dollar ballroom in the East Wing of the White House. Navarro went on to add that it could very well be another attempt to distract Americans from the key issues. "Anytime he finds himself in hot water, his numbers right now are down in the basement. His Iran war is incredibly unpopular. People are angry about the price of gas and the rising cost of everything. And so people look at this and say, 'Oh my God, is he trying to distract us again?'” she added.

Her comments come as multiple polls show Trump's rating has reached record lows. The poll released by Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research put Trump's approval at just 33%, and the Reuters/Ipsos poll put it at 36, the lowest since he took office. Earlier this month, a CNN poll found only 31% of Americans approved of Trump's job performance, the lowest across his career in politics. Furthermore, the NBC News Decision Desk Poll found two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the war with Iran, with only one-third approving. "Because that is what he does, right? He posts extreme things, and he does and says extreme things to distract us—from the Epstein files, from his declining numbers, and from the failures and incompetence of his administration," Navarro said. 

In the end, the political commentator took the opportunity to talk about what she believed was the core issue. "We are a country now where the level of gun violence just seems to have no end," she said. She added that there were people in that room, including the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, and other Cabinet members, Congress members, who could do something to curb gun violence in the country by passing reforms and gun legislation.