Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) got a brutal reality check on NBC's Meet the Press when host Kristen Welker confronted him with footage from 2016 that exposed his jaw-dropping hypocrisy on President Trump.
In the resurfaced clip, Booker - now one of Trump's most vocal critics - actually declared "I love Trump" while preaching about unity and refusing to "answer hate with hate." The senator claimed he was choosing "love over darkness" in what now looks like the political flip-flop of the century.
Talk about aging like milk in the desert sun.
"I love Trump. I won't answer hate with hate, I'm choosing love over darkness," Booker said in the 2016 footage that Welker played during the interview.
Fast forward to 2026, and this is the same Cory Booker who spent four years of Trump's first presidency spreading lies about "Russian collusion," pushing the Democrats' bogus impeachment hoaxes, and spouting every anti-Trump talking point the radical left could manufacture.
This spectacular flip-flop perfectly captures everything wrong with the swamp creatures in Washington. When Trump was a private citizen and potential ally, Booker was all smiles and "love." But the moment Trump became a threat to the Democratic establishment's stranglehold on power, suddenly that "love" evaporated faster than Hunter Biden's laptop from CNN's coverage.
The Real Question Patriots Should Ask
What changed, Senator Booker? Did Trump suddenly become a different person, or did you just show your true colors as another partisan hack willing to say anything for political gain?
The American people see right through this kind of Washington theater. While Trump has remained consistent in his America First message for nearly a decade, Democrats like Booker have twisted themselves into pretzels trying to justify their Trump Derangement Syndrome.
This awkward confrontation serves as a perfect reminder that Trump's enemies aren't driven by principle - they're driven by pure political calculation and hatred for anyone who threatens their grip on power.
How many more Democrats will get exposed for their pre-2016 praise of Trump before they admit their opposition was always about politics, not principle?