Geraldo Rivera on Friday said that the recent uptick in President Donald Trump's approval rating is a direct result of the president's "compassion and understanding of suffering" in the aftermath of all the hurricanes.
In an interview with Fox News' "Fox and Friends" morning program, Rivera also lauded Trump's "strength, and reason, and steadiness" in dealing with North Korea and madman Kim Jong Un.
"It is no accident that his approval rating across the board is ticking up," the Fox News contributor said. "It's because he has shown leadership and compassion and understanding of suffering in terms of Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma and now Hurricane Maria.
"He has really stepped up to the plate, not only as the consoler-in-chief, but as the chief executive," Rivera told Fox News. "I really applaud him.
"The other reason his popularity has ticked up is this strength, and reason, and steadiness he is showing with the Rocket Man (Kim), and I love that nickname. I don't know how Elton John feels about it.
"To see this swollen, self-important crazy man who's now threatening to explode hydrogen bombs in the atmosphere, the president, in confronting him and demanding sanctions that really work … we've got to humble him without igniting the fuse."
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