RUSH: They are now convinced that they have re-secured their complete and total hold on power in Washington. But I think they know that it's fleeting.

RUSH: It may be one of the least memorable inauguration speeches that there's ever been.

RUSH: Now, this is undoubtedly praise for the Trump economy. And it's right there in the New York Times, and it's quoting the Biden transition team.

RUSH: I asked Cookie today, I said, "Let's go back. Let's have some fun today. Let's go back to the escalator speech in 2015."

RUSH: They're going to blow this opportunity by taking too big a bite at it, they're gonna misjudge their popularity, they're gonna misjudge the people that voted for 'em and why.

RUSH: Every literate American should read Trump's farewell address, every word. It should be required reading for every student.

RUSH: It was a bunch of insiders that were celebrating the fact that they had gotten rid, they've gotten rid of this outsider Trump, and it was their club again now.

RUSH: This is gonna be a neat trick. The 5% of inside-the-Beltway Republican/conservatives are gonna purge the 95% who like Trump.

RUSH: Garth Brooks — I mean, he's a known Republican — has Garth Brooks abandoned his base? Will his base consider that he betrayed them? I don't know. Time will tell.

RUSH: Joe Ricketts also owns TD Ameritrade in addition to being part of the family that owns the Cubs.