Trump makes first public comments since leaving office after death of Limbaugh Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh dies age 70, Trump reiterates baseless election claims
Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 21:06
Former US president Donald Trump and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh at a Make America Great Again rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in November 2018. File photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty
Former US president Donald Trump made his first public comments on Wednesday since leaving the White House, in a phone conversation with Fox News following the death of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.
Limbaugh, a towering figure in the world of conservative radio with a weekly listenership of approximately 15 million, was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by Mr Trump at the state of the union address last year.