Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport spent years trash-talking President Trump, but his stance has softened over time.Before the 2024 election, he began his 180, saying he would not vote for then-candidate Joe Biden and noted that the far-left Squad members are full of “sh*t.”He has also been vocal about the disastrous leadership of New York Governor Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.Rapaport shared that his views of President Trump have been reshaped in the wake of a global crisis and after spending time in Israel meeting with the families of the October 7 hostages.Rapaport joined Jamie Kennedy’s podcast, “Hate To Break It To Ya,” to share how his perspective has changed over time.Kennedy asked, “You were mad at Trump. Now you’re cool with Trump?”“Yeah,” Rapaport replied. “But I have problems, and he’s far from not being … infuriating.”“After Oct. 7, I realized the magnitude and scope of the hostage situation, and it was between cadaver Joe Biden, and Trump, and Kamala.”“I knew that the only way that those hostages who were being held for weeks and then months and then a year, I knew that the only chance would be [Trump].”“Why I don’t insult him now, and I could insult him, and I could be derogatory towards him, is because for me, simply getting the hostages home was enough for me to not be disrespectful.”Speaking about his time with the hostage families, he shared, “The exposure and the enlightenment and the conversations I had with the hostage families, the reality that I saw, it’s worth it for me to not be disrespectful to him because I fought, begged, prayed, pleaded to get the hostages home by any means necessary.”“For me, it was enough to get the hostages home and protect Israel’s right to exist. Those two things were enough for me. Some people vote on different things, some people want different things, a lot of times you don’t get them.”“But for me, it was enough for me to do that, and it was important enough for me to do that. I respect and know what I’ve seen, who I’ve spoken to, the insight that I’ve had to not be disparaging to him simply for that.”“I could still be critical and still be frustrated and have all the things, but … it was important enough for me to no longer carry on like that.”Rapaport also admitted that his early insults of Trump came from not being as “informed.”“I wasn’t as informed, plugged in, educated as I am about politics, world politics … I think it’s great to admit when you were wrong, uninformed, misinformed, and spoke out of turn.”Watch:Michael Rapaport Says He’s ‘Cool With Trump’ Now“For me it was enough to get the hostages home and protect Israel‘s right to exist” pic.twitter.com/2UmJeyIP3w— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) July 5, 2026The post Michael Rapaport Shares How His View of Trump Has Been ‘Reshaped’ (Video) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.