"The View" co-hosts fretted over the New York Knicks owner accepting an invitation for the team to go to the White House, arguing it put too much pressure on the players."This puts the players in a precarious position merely because Jim Dolan is admittedly a good friend of Donald Trump's and to now put that on the players, your boss, the owner of the team you play for, is extending this offer, accepting this offer," co-host Sara Haines said."I know you might get people that refuse to go, I just think it's not fair to take any of the flowers and the beauty of this moment and its unity, and try to then place it on the players' back," she added.The New York Knicks have received and accepted an invitation to visit the White House to celebrate their NBA championship, owner James Dolan confirmed Wednesday.TRUMP HYPES JALEN BRUNSON AFTER KNICKS SECURE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP: 'A SUPERSTAR WAS BORN'Co-host and moderator Whoopi Goldberg speaks during "The View" on April 27, 2026.(ABC/TheView)Goldberg defended the team going and explained why."I want them to go," she said.
"I want all those Black men to stand in our house and remind all of those people, as we try to remind the vice president, that when you try to destroy one part of history, you're destroying all of our histories.And they, as champions, not only as amazing basketball players, but as people who were down and came back up.""This is what this looks like," Goldberg continued.
"So I want them to go.I want them to go.
If only so the kids know that nobody, nobody can keep you down if you are rising up."Co-host Sunny Hostin said there was a reason why other NBA teams refused to go while Trump was president."I think there's a reason why every single — the previous five NBA champions crowned during the Trump administration refused to go.I think there's a reason for it, and that's because he politicizes the events that come before him.
That's one of the problems.I don't think you can separate Trump from the White Hous...