I agree with you on the jealousy motive for Rush’s anti-Trump attitude. There may be, and probably are other factors as well, but that’s definitely a part of it IMO. When a real leader comes along, it kind of makes the pundits like Rush less relevant.
Rush has been considered, and probably considers himself to be a leader of the conservative movement, and yet what has really been accomplished for the conservative movement under his ‘leadership’? A lot of smug, self-righteous bloviating and whining. Not much else.
I started in radio in 1978, had my own shows by 88 and got out a few years ago.
Rush was a big part of it. I listened to him extensively, got a lot of broadcasting tips from him and figured out his broadcast style over the years.
As a leader he had to remain objective,fair and balanced. He lost that this year.
My guess is Hannity will slowly replace hims as the talk radio leader since he is still objective even though you get who he likes more than the others.
From my standpoint I did learn a lot from Rush but I'm learning things I don't like at this point.