Sunny Hostin called Trump a “mob boss” (Image: ABC)

The View’s Sunny Hostin slammed Donald Trump and likened him to a “mob boss” while discussing the president’s latest demand that the Justice Department pay him $230 million in damages.

Trump is seeking a payout after past federal investigations against him, which coincidentally is around the same amount that the new White House ballroom is projected to cost. He claims he will donate the money to charity or return it to the White House.

There have been ethical concerns about the demand, especially since the department officials who must sign off on the payout are the same lawyers who defended him during the investigation.

Sunny weighed in on the demand, saying, “I think we need to speak plainly to people, and I think we need to call it what it is. This is giving mob boss. That’s what this is. He is extorting and looting the federal government.”

Fellow host Joy Behar chimed in, “Let’s call them the ‘Capo Di Tutto Grifters.’”

The View hosts criticized Trump’s latest move (Image: ABC)

Construction began this week at the White House on Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom, which he has stated will be funded by outside donations, not government funds or taxpayer money.

Now, the president is demanding $230 million in damages from the Department of Justice stemming from a federal investigation against him, which Whoopi Goldberg called a “cash grab.”

Sunny fumed, “How about the fact that our tax dollars now, if he gets the $230 million, are going to be used to renovate a white house, which by the way, he never intends to leave.”

She went on to say, “That’s what this is. This is about a mob boss extorting the government for his own personal gratification and enrichment, and we are basically as taxpayers providing Trump and his family a lifestyle that he otherwise couldn’t afford.”

The White House demolition began this week (Image: Getty)

Even Alyssa Farah Griffin, who worked closely with Donald Trump in the past, is skeptical about the president’s motivations. “Yeah, it’s not giving ‘America first,’” she said. “You’re using taxpayer dollars to enrich yourself, or maybe you’re giving it to charity or the white house. Focus on the people.”

She added, “It just feels completely out of touch,” citing the struggles people are facing, especially federal workers, amid the government shutdown.

If approved, Trump could be seeing an unprecedented $230 million payout, almost the exact amount needed to pay for his lavish ballroom. The president claims he would donate the funds to charity, which Joy had a scathing response to, asking, “And what charity is it? The Foundation for the Destruction of America?”

The construction project sparked outrage after images showed a portion of the East Wing demolished, contradicting his past promises that the White House would not be affected by the building of the ballroom.