WATCH: Ben Shapiro Changes Tune, Makes Surprise Announcement

Conservative commentator and Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro seems to have finally changed his tune on President Trump.

The media host announced that he is not only voting for President Trump in November but will also be hosting a fundraiser for the former President in one week.

This represents a complete 180 from Shapiro’s traditional stance on the former President.

Shapiro’s endorsement also comes at a time when his popularity among MAGA conservatives is dwindling and he comes under fire from the likes of Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and others.

Take a look at his recent announcement, and let me know if you think Shapiro’s endorsement is positive or negative for the MAGA movement:

I’m co-hosting a fundraiser for Donald Trump next week. Here’s why.

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— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 15, 2024

Shapiro recently came under fire for suggesting the retirement age be raised after President Trump suggested cuts to social welfare spending, USA Today reports:

Noted podcaster and conservative thought leader Ben Shapiro said on his show Tuesday, “It’s insane that we haven’t raised the retirement age in the United States.”

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He continued: “No one in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old.

Frankly, I think retirement itself is a stupid idea unless you have some sort of health problem.

Everybody that I know who is elderly, who has retired, is dead within five years.”

Shapiro’s ringing endorsement of President Trump drew some criticism and distrust from MAGA patriots who believe Shapiro to be a plant.

2 things can be true:

1) Ben Shapiro is a career neocon who sides with the “current thing” nearly every time, has plenty of awful takes, and I don’t have to like him

2) He has a massive platform and a huge audience so him actively supporting Trump is a very good thing

— Red Eagle Politics (@RedEaglePatriot) March 15, 2024

Ben Shapiro knows exactly what he is doing.

There is a massive coordinated attempt by Neocons and Fake MAGA pundits to hurt Trump. https://t.co/89kYSiEvH6

— Steven 🇺🇸 (@SirStevenKJ) March 13, 2024

Thomas Massie, Rand Paul & Trump vs. Ben Shapiro, Dan Crenshaw & the uniparty

I wonder who's right on the TikTok ban.

— An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) March 13, 2024

The Associated Press confirmed that President Trump has already won the GOP nomination, does he need Shapiro’s fundraiser?

With wins in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state, Trump surpassed the 1,215-delegate threshold needed to become the presumptive Republican nominee.

He’ll formally accept the nomination at the Republican National Convention in July.

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