The View's Sunny Hostin slams Trump for 'smirking' while UFC fighter made vile Michelle Obama remark

The View's Sunny Hostin has slammed Donald Trump as undignified after he 'smirked' through a UFC fighter's viral post-bout speech about former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Hostin abruptly brought up the UFC Freedom 250 card and heavyweight Josh Hokit's proclamation that Obama 'is a man' on Monday, in the midst of a completely unrelated conversation about The New York Knicks.

'I do want to address the derogatory slur made about the former first lady Michelle Obama, because I think it's important to address. And we won't dignify what was said by repeating it, but you should look it up,' Hostin began. 

She went on to explain why she felt Hokit's remarks constituted systemic racism.

'The roots are in slavery,' the host fumed. 'Black women have been slurred and made to feel that they were unattractive, made to feel that they were masculine, made to feel that they were - they didn’t have the femininity that a white woman would have.'

Hostin, 57, saw Hokit's comment as sexist as well. 

She also called out members of the crowd for 'laugh[ing].'

'And the president of the United States smirked, and never addressed what was said.

'That is beneath the dignity of the office of the president of the United States, and it's beneath the dignity of the American people,' Hostin concluded.

The fights were held outdoors on the White House's South Lawn on Sunday. 

Video of Hokit's speech that's been circulating online appears to show the president smiling near the end of the fighter's interview.

In the clip, Hokit is heard telling Joe Rogan before walking off: 'Lastly, Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?'.

CNN's live coverage of the event also acknowledged that Trump 'appeared to show a half-smile seconds after the false remark.' It is unclear if Hokit's comments were the cause. 

A chorus of cheers and boos rang out immediately afterwards.

Trump was taking in the fights cage-side, nearly two months after he requested Hokit participate in the event after seeing his win over Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327 in April, according to UFC CEO Dana White, who called Hokit's Obama jab 'nonsense.'

The View's Ana Navarro also had some stern words for the president on Monday, when it came to his lack of pushback toward Hokit's comments.

'I will tell you, you know, he is so obsessed with the Obamas, they live rent-free in their head,' Navarro said.

She said the way she would ring in the US's 250th next month would be by celebrating Obama's status as 'the first black president', rather than anything more recent. 

The host added that come November, she would 'show up' and 'vote out the feckless Republicans' she said were 'putting no accountability on this administration.'

Hokit recorded a win over Trump's favorite fighter, Derrick Lewis, in the co-main-event Sunday.

The event itself was meant to herald the US Semiquincentennial.

'Shout-out to Trump for having the balls to put some sh*t like this on,' Hokit told Rogan before his slur, which latched on to an unfounded, fringe conspiracy theory about the former first lady.

The controversial moment was cut from the UFC's official posting of Hokit's post-fight interview to YouTube. Hokit also shook Trump's hand and awarded him a medallion that he had been wearing after his win.

The president wrote on Truth Social afterwards: 'The UFC at the White House last night was incredible. The weather was scheduled to be horrendous, and it turned out to be PERFECT! So much for weather predicting. 

'The Fighters were outstanding,' he added, naming Hokit and the night's six other winners.

'Most people have never seen anything like that kind of human speed and power before. The White House has never looked more beautiful. The setting was unsurpassed! Congratulations to Dana White, and his unbelievable UFC.'

He ultimately called the night of fights 'one of the most exciting days in the History of our fabled White House.'