Geraldo Rivera surprised a lot of people during the 2024 election when he shunned Donald Trump and endorsed his Democratic rival Kamala Harris. But it turns out that she was emptier than Al Capone’s vault.

The veteran journalist, once one of Donald Trump’s most vocal media critics, has left that persona behind. He recently stunned viewers when he delivered a gushing endorsement of the president’s diplomatic efforts during an appearance on NewsNation.

“I again am so proud of President Trump for making this effort,” Rivera declared, referring to Trump’s push to apply pressure on Russia to enter peace talks to end its war with Ukraine. “I really believe that he’s trying and that the world will see that Russia, in some ways, is a paper tiger.”

For those who remember Rivera’s biting critiques of Trump — including calling him a “sore loser who cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution” after January 6 — the praise came as a whiplash moment. Yet Rivera doubled down, pointing to hard numbers and global realities that he said underscored Trump’s strength.