President Trump shared a video on Tuesday honoring the late conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on the five-year anniversary of his death.
“This is the fifth anniversary of the loss of a really great man, a great conservative, somebody that loved our country,” President Trump said, calling Limbaugh a “friend of mine.”
“I had never met Rush when I announced that I was running,” Trump continued. “I’ll never forget, 2015, and I got a call, ‘We’re all excited that Rush just endorsed you.’ I’d never met him. He liked my opening speech,” he shared, adding, “He endorsed me, and then I got to know him, and I realized what a great guy he was.”
“It’s been five years, and we miss Rush,” Trump declared. “There will never be another Rush Limbaugh. So to his great wife and family, I just wanna say, we miss you all, we miss him, and there’ll never be anybody like him.”
President Trump awarded Limbaugh with the Medal of Freedom in 2020. “Here tonight is a special man, someone beloved by millions of Americans who just received a Stage 4 advanced cancer diagnosis. This is not good news, but what is good news is that he is the greatest fighter and winner that you will ever meet,” he said at the time. “Rush Limbaugh, thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country. Rush, in recognition of all that you have done for our nation, the millions of people a day that you speak to and inspire, and all of the incredible work that you have done for charity, I am proud to announce tonight that you will be receiving our country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.”
