Joy Behar suggests Trump 'owes something' to Russia's Vladimir Putin

"I think this president, unfortunately, perhaps either doesn't understand geopolitics and doesn't understand the importance of having allies and the importance of our allyship or perhaps there is a reason why, to your point, Joy, that he is so enthralled with Russia," Hostin said. "I don't know if it's because he thinks by getting Russia closer to the United States, that perhaps they'll ice out China. I think that is a ridiculous reading of the political landscape."

"What does he owe Putin? Maybe he owes something to Putin," Behar predicted.

"I just think back to many of our fathers and grandfathers and great-grandfathers who fought these wars to make sure that we were not chummy and didn't chum up and, you know, as we're disappearing American history, what else are we disappearing? Are we forgetting who these guys are? And, it is all transactional. It is all transactional," Goldberg said. 

"You mentioned Macron and how he spoke to the fact that Europe knows it needs to get involved more and I don't know if this pivot is because Donald Trump always called for that, or they now realize they can't rely on the United States," co-host Sara Haines said, reacting to the Macron-Trump press conference.

"I think the other thing that maybe Donald Trump needs to realize is, when you depend on the - and I'm going oversimplify this - the bad guy, they're there for themselves. Allies and friends are not. They actually stick with you in the tough times, so there's a transactional thing happening right here. I can't quite predict why Donald Trump is siding with Russia specifically right now," Haines said.

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

The discussion prompted Goldberg to say, "I look at where we're putting our energy, I think, well, aren't these - where, who are the bad guys now?" 

Behar, Haines and Griffin noted that Hamas were the "bad guys." Goldberg followed up, "Hamas is the bad guy, but what about Russia?"

Hostin chimed in, "[Israeli President Benjamin] Netanyahu does have an international criminal court warrant against him." 

Griffin pushed back, "There's no equivocation of Netanyahu and Hamas, Hamas needs to be destroyed," as Hostin insisted Goldberg was asking, "Who are the bad guys?"