Ex-Trump Staffer Just Broke One Promise That Left Donald Trump Fuming
Trump first term staffer turned-The View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin just gave Donald Trump another reason not to trust Never-Trump Republicans.
She made a very public promise about what she’d do if Trump succeeded.
And Alyssa Farah Griffin broke one promise that left Donald Trump fuming.
Griffin promised to wear MAGA hat if Trump got hostages home
Earlier this year in January, Alyssa Farah Griffin made a bold promise on "The View."
The former Trump aide turned fierce critic told her co-hosts she would wear a Make America Great Again hat on the show if Trump got the Israeli hostages home from Gaza.¹
"If he does good, 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,’" Griffin declared on the January broadcast.⁷
An annoyed co-host immediately responded: "Please don’t do that."¹
Griffin pushed back, insisting people need to "be able to cheer for wins when they happen, and call out relentlessly the wrongdoing."¹
Fast forward nine months and Trump just pulled off what TIME Magazine is calling his greatest foreign policy "triumph."²
President Trump brokered a historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas that brought all 20 living Israeli hostages home after more than two years in captivity.³
The ceasefire agreement took effect on October 11, and by Monday, October 13, Hamas had released every surviving hostage in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.³
Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset where lawmakers gave him a standing ovation, then headed to Egypt where world leaders gathered for the formal peace signing ceremony.⁴
Even Democrat Chuck Schumer – who spent years attacking Trump – praised the administration for helping secure the deal.⁵
Netanyahu called Trump "the greatest friend that the State of Israel has ever had in the White House."⁴
The View co-host can’t bring herself to honor her word
Monday and Tuesday came and went on "The View."
No MAGA hat.¹
Griffin did credit Trump for his role in securing the peace deal during Monday’s episode.⁶
"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.⁶
She went on about how "historic" and "massive" the diplomatic achievement was.⁷
But the red hat never appeared.
White House communications director Steven Cheung wasn’t having it.
"It’s time to put up or shut up," Cheung said in a statement to Fox News.¹
"This person is so thirsty for attention she worked against President Trump as he pursued—and ultimately achieved—a historic peace deal," Cheung continued.¹
"Instead of hanging around the Bombay Club, she should say thank you to President Trump," he added.¹
The shot about the Bombay Club – a Washington, D.C. establishment frequented by political insiders – cut right to the heart of Griffin’s problem.
She’s perfectly comfortable making promises that win her praise from both sides when Trump hasn’t delivered yet.
But the moment he succeeds, suddenly there’s no hat to be found.
This fits a pattern for Never-Trump Republicans
Griffin’s broken promise isn’t surprising if you’ve watched her career trajectory.
She worked as White House Director of Strategic Communications under Trump and press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence.⁸
Griffin resigned in December 2020, just weeks before the end of Trump’s first term.⁸
Since then, she’s built a media career bashing the President who gave her the platform.⁸
She’s appeared on CNN as a political commentator and landed a permanent co-host spot on "The View" in 2022.⁸
In 2024, Griffin voted for Kamala Harris – marking the first time she’d ever voted for a Democrat.⁸
She’s called Trump "wholly unfit to be in office," warned he was "increasingly isolated" and "unhinged," and said she was "terrified" at the prospect of him returning to the White House.⁹
Griffin even joined fellow former Trump officials Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews in cooperating with the partisan January 6 committee.¹⁰
The pattern is clear – Griffin positions herself as the "reasonable Republican" who will give Trump credit when it’s deserved.
She gets praised by liberal media for being "fair-minded" and not reflexively opposing everything Trump does.
But when Trump actually delivers a historic achievement like bringing hostages home from Hamas and securing Middle East peace, she can’t bring herself to honor a simple promise.
You know what happened next.
Social media erupted with Trump supporters demanding Griffin keep her word.
Donald Trump Jr. shared the clip of her original promise, writing "Sending this to the top. Let’s go."⁷
Conservative commentator Collin Rugg posted: "Do it, @Alyssafarah."⁷
Thousands of others piled on, reminding Griffin what she said just 10 months ago.
The broken promise reveals something deeper than just one person’s credibility problem.
It exposes the fundamental dishonesty of the Never-Trump Republican grift.
These people make a living claiming they’re the "principled conservatives" who oppose Trump for the "right reasons."
They insist they’ll give him credit when he earns it.
They position themselves as the adults in the room who can separate personality from policy.
But it’s all an act.
When Trump racks up wins like record low unemployment before COVID, historic Middle East peace deals, no new wars, crushing ISIS, or bringing home hostages, suddenly these "principled" critics go silent.
Or worse, they move the goalposts.
Griffin calling the hostage deal "historic" and a "massive diplomatic achievement" while refusing to wear the hat she promised proves the point.⁷
She knows Trump delivered exactly what she said would earn her public praise.
But she can’t do it because her entire media career depends on maintaining her anti-Trump credentials with the liberal audiences that watch "The View" and CNN.
The moment she puts on that red hat – even for one show, even after making a public promise – she loses her value to those networks.
Her co-hosts made that clear back in January when one of them said "Please don’t do that" in response to Griffin’s promise.⁷
They don’t want anyone on their panel giving Trump genuine credit, even when he achieves something as significant as ending a two-year war and bringing hostages home.
That’s the environment Griffin operates in now.
She’s trapped between the promise she made and the audience she serves.
So she chose her career over her credibility.
Trump and his team aren’t letting her forget it.
And neither should anyone who watched her make that promise nine months ago.
¹ David Rutz and Hanna Panreck, "’The View’ co-host doesn’t keep promise to wear MAGA hat if Trump got Israeli hostages home," Fox News, October 14, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ "Israeli hostages freed, hundreds of Palestinians released, as Trump hails ‘historic dawn’," NPR, October 13, 2025.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ "Living Israeli hostages freed as Trump addresses Knesset after Hamas deal," Fox News, October 13, 2025.
⁶ David Rutz and Hanna Panreck, "’The View’ co-host doesn’t keep promise to wear MAGA hat if Trump got Israeli hostages home," Fox News, October 14, 2025.
⁷ "Alyssa Farah Griffin under scrutiny over Trump remarks on ‘The View’," Newsweek, October 14, 2025.
⁸ "Alyssa Farah Griffin," Wikipedia, accessed October 14, 2025.
⁹ "Former Trump Aide Is Terrified to Think He May Be President Again," Newsweek, November 13, 2023.
¹⁰ "Former Trump officials warn of a White House return," ABC News, December 30, 2023.
