Conservative commentator Glenn Beck on Thursday ripped President Trump’s recent policy reversals, saying Trump "looks like another Republican who said stuff and didn't mean it."
The president this week flipped to new positions on four different policy issues, backing off of campaign promises on the usefulness of NATO, whether to label China a currency manipulator, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen and the Export-Import Bank.
“Tonight, at least, it looks like the president is on the verge of beginning to look like another Republican who said stuff, didn’t mean it and turned into Reince Priebus or Paul RyanPaul RyanGlenn Beck: Trump ‘another Republican who said stuff and didn't mean it’ White House explores new direction on tax reform GOP centrists push back on ObamaCare repeal MORE, and that’s not good,” Beck told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, referring to the White House chief of staff and Speaker of the House, respectively.
In October, Beck told Time magazine that backing Trump would not be moral.
"The Donald TrumpDonald TrumpTrump visits Mar-a-Lago resort for 23rd day as president Russia: Syrian chemical weapons attack could be 'staged' Glenn Beck: Trump ‘another Republican who said stuff and didn't mean it’ MORE mentality, which is the alt-right, this vicious, angry, make-them-pay, fall-in-line-or-you’ll-pay-for-it, that mentality is not going away,” Beck said at the time. “He will play to a very small crowd of rabid fans.”
But Beck seemed pleasantly surprised with Trump's new direction in his Thursday interview.
"My worst nightmare was that the president would ... go down this populist 'burn it to the ground' ideology," said Beck.
"The good news is he's not going that way."
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, after months of scathing criticism of the president, similarly said Thursday that Trump "is finally doing what we've been hoping" in terms of the policy and posture changes.