In a head-spinning turnaround, longtime broadcaster Geraldo Rivera is once again singing Donald Trump’s praises—months after publicly denouncing him as a constitutional threat.
The shift came Tuesday after President Trump shocked financial markets by announcing a 90-day pause on most of the tariffs he’d just imposed—excluding those aimed at China. The move, unveiled after a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade event at the White House, caught global leaders off guard and sent Wall Street into a frenzy.
Rivera, now editor-at-large at NewsNation, didn’t hold back during a live segment, calling the decision “shrewd,” “strategic,” and a clear win for the U.S. “He ambushed China,” Rivera said. “He suckered the whole world into thinking he was charging into a suicide mission. Then—boom—he pulls a fast one,” noted one media publication.
The television host clearly felt energized by Trump’s moves. “That charisma is unbelievable,” he said. “This is Trump writ large. This is how he operates. I could sing his praises forever.”
Geraldo’s effusive praise marks a dramatic departure from where he stood just months ago. Back in October 2024, he called Trump a “sore loser” who “cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution,” and threw his support behind Kamala Harris. He even compared Trump’s immigration rhetoric to Nazi propaganda.
For Rivera, the praise signals yet another pivot in a long, complicated relationship with Trump. Once one of his staunchest defenders, Rivera has veered between admiration and harsh critique over the years. As recently as 2023, he called Trump’s language about immigrants “vile,” “disgusting,” and part of “a shameful, centuries-old tradition of falsely blaming outsiders for spreading disease.”
So what changed?
“He wants the best deal for America,” he said. “God bless him for that.”
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