He was never Trump deranged. Come on, that’s completely inaccurate unless you consider any criticism of Trump to be derangement. He has a rather reasonable take on Trump as a whole IMHO.
I have conceded to friends that I may have misjudged Shapiro times past, or that his wife’s Sefardi/Mizrachi family has had influence. For penance, I will add him to my podcasts.
Just jarhead deserves respect. There is a Breslov hassid US Marine with a popular blog whose name escapes me just now.