{"id":344304,"date":"2020-04-15T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T20:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=344304"},"modified":"2020-04-16T16:13:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:13:39","slug":"donald-trump-probably-is-the-only-person-who-could-fill-my-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2020\/04\/15\/donald-trump-probably-is-the-only-person-who-could-fill-my-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Probably Is the Only Person Who Could Fill My Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: The New York Times today… Snerdley, have you seen this story? (interruption) Well, the headline is: “Trump Wanted a Radio Show, but He Didn\u2019t Want to Compete With Limbaugh<\/a> — President Trump said he envisioned a show running two hours a day,” during this period of time to get the word out, “according to White House officials, and would do it were it not for the risk of encroaching on Rush Limbaugh…”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>He didn\u2019t want to compete. This is an amazing story. There\u2019s an obligatory two snarky paragraphs which tell lies about me, but it\u2019s the New York Times; they have to be in there. That\u2019s what I mean by “obligatory.”<\/p>\n

But you know what it indicates is, what this story does indicate? That probably Donald Trump is one of the few who could fill my shoes. With proper training and proper instruction, I could see that. (laughing)<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: So, I get up today — I\u2019m minding my own business, bothering nobody — and I get a note. “Have you seen this?” And I hadn\u2019t seen it. It\u2019s a story in the New York Times by a writer named Elaina Plott (with two T\u2019s on there, Plott) and the headline stuns me. Headline is: “Trump Wanted a Radio Show, but He Didn\u2019t Want to Compete with Limbaugh.”<\/p>\n

The subhead: “President Trump said he envisioned a show running two hours a day … and would do it were it not for the risk of encroaching on Rush Limbaugh…” You know, I would be more than happy. We\u2019re always looking for guest hosts here. If the president wants to guest host this program one day, we\u2019d be happy to run an audition.<\/p>\n

I think there\u2019d be nobody better to fill my shoes than Donald Trump. I\u2019ve often said nobody could, but if anybody could, it would be him. Here\u2019s what the story says, and it\u2019s got a picture of the president and me it Trump rally in Cape Girardeau last November, the night before midterm elections. Well, it was 2018, not last year.<\/p>\n

“On a Saturday in early March, [President] Trump, clad in a baseball cap, strode into the Situation Room for a meeting with the coronavirus task force. He didn\u2019t stop by the group\u2019s daily meetings often, but he had an idea he was eager to share: He wanted to start a White House talk radio show.” Can I make a brief…? I find it once again very pleasingly satisfying that a man who owns television wants to be on radio.<\/p>\n

I will tell anybody who listens how I believe radio can achieve more intimacy and therefore more persuasion than television can. I will tell anybody who will listen that I believe that pictures on television can actually, if used incorrectly, be a distraction from what you\u2019re trying to accomplish.<\/p>\n

\"\"A great radio program or great radio host is an expert at helping the audience paint their own pictures, which are not distracting. Great radio is not passive listen; it is active. If it\u2019s a good show, you\u2019re not doing anything else while you\u2019re listening to it. But with television, the vast majority of time TV\u2019s on it\u2019s in the background.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re doing many other things while watching TV, even if you\u2019re sitting on a sofa looking directly at it, you are a still talking to somebody. You\u2019re reading your phone, your iPad, you\u2019re doing something. Very seldom — other than being totally engrossed in a movie or something — are you fully devoted to what\u2019s on the tube.<\/p>\n

It happens; don\u2019t misunderstand. But with a good radio show, nothing else gets in the way. I find it fascinating. All of these successful television people want to get into radio. Now, there\u2019s another reason why, too, that I will not discuss. I happen to know exactly what it is, but it\u2019s not relevant in the president\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

“At the time, the virus was rapidly spreading across [the fruited plain], and Mr. Trump would soon announce a ban on European travel. A talk radio show, Mr. Trump excitedly explained” to the coronavirus task force, “would allow him to quell Americans\u2019 fears and answer their questions about the pandemic directly, according to three White House officials who heard the pitch.<\/p>\n

“There would be no screening, he said, just an open line for people to call and engage one-on-one with the president.” A-ha. Now we find out what the president is missing. He owns television, but he doesn\u2019t feel he has a two-way, direct line to you. It\u2019s an outgrowth of being frustrated at having everything he says mediated by the media, which is why he does as many live events as he can.<\/p>\n

“But that Saturday, almost as suddenly as he proposed it, the president outlined one reason he would not be moving forward with it: He did not want to compete with Rush Limbaugh. No one in the room was sure how to respond” to this. “Someone suggested hosting the show in the mornings or on weekends, to steer clear of [Limbaugh]\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n

“But Mr. Trump shook his head, saying he envisioned his show as two hours a day, every day. And were it not for Mr. Limbaugh, and the risk of encroaching on his territory… he would do it. One of the officials involved…” I\u2019m telling you, we could work this out, don\u2019t you think? If the president wants to do this — if he wants to come on and have a show — we\u2019ll let him do it.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t even be… If he wants to host it himself, he can do it. If he wants to do it for two hours — that\u2019s what he said. If he wants to talk to you for two hours, he\u2019s welcome to come here and do it anytime. At the same time, we could combine it with an audition. We could look at it as an audition as well. (interruption) Well, he lives right here.<\/p>\n

\"\"But he would have to violate social distancing to get here. You might have to take a trip to the White House to set up the technicals. We\u2019ll deal with that when it happens. “One of the officials involved directly in the effort said it wasn\u2019t the first time Mr. Trump had discussed hosting a radio show from the White House.<\/p>\n

“But if some in the room … were unsure whether the president\u2019s proposal was a joke, they knew his deference to Mr. Limbaugh was” not a joke. “When it comes to the president\u2019s favored media figures, most observers tend to fixate on the Fox News lineup of Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity,” who\u2019s a very dear friend with the president.<\/p>\n

“But several people close to Mr. Trump say that in the midst of a pandemic, he has come to keenly appreciate the extent of Mr. Limbaugh\u2019s reach, and the fact that his show, perhaps more than any other source, offers a real-time metric of how the president\u2019s decisions are playing with his supporters.<\/p>\n

“Now, as multiple voices vie for the president\u2019s ear on the appropriate timeline for America\u2019s path to normalcy, Mr. Limbaugh is amplifying Mr. Trump\u2019s instinct for swiftness. And for the president, as well as much of his party, Mr. Limbaugh\u2019s affirmation remains a powerful motivator.<\/p>\n

“‘Talk radio is still a powerhouse when it comes to Republican voters,\u2019 said Jason Miller, co-host of the War Room podcast and a former Trump communications adviser. And the president, Mr. Miller said, ‘realizes how big a powerhouse Rush is.'”<\/p>\n

The take-away here, folks — and we\u2019re very flattered. But the take-away, the thing to really take away here… You know, I love radio, and I think it\u2019s fascinating that so many people feel their careers are incomplete without giving radio a shot. Isn\u2019t that fascinating, Mr. Snerdley? (interruption)<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s some other things. The story goes on for a while and talks about the current… I don\u2019t want to read the whole thing to you. It goes on for two or three more printed pages and has some quotes from some other people. We, of course, have linked to it at RushLimbaugh.com.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, we could do a town hall with the president on this program anytime he wants. I\u2019m sure we could get clearance for it. We could do it noon to three for as long as he wants. He could have direct connect with you in the audience. You know, not a bunch of bureaucrat experts up on the stage, and certainly no journalists choosing the questions or any of that. We\u2019ll do it in a different way than anybody\u2019s ever done town halls or any of that stuff.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m here making it known — and I will call later, too — but I\u2019m doing it here, making it known that this program is available to the president if he wants to audition, if he wants to use it for a town hall, if he wants to have direct connect with you, that we got it handled. We know how to do that. We do it each and every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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