“Rush was one of those ever so subtle anti Trumpers during the 2016 election.”
I recall listening to Rush when news was breaking that Trump was to run for POTUS. As Trump was speaking, Rush was snickering and thought of it as a joke.
DJT had become a sort of joke Harold Stassen manque with his planted rumors of running and gestures towards setting up a Trump campaign office in the last two or three presidential elections. Pretty sure Limbaugh thought what most did that this was high grade political theater and after garner the publicity he sought Trump would one again claim business and family issues to be too pressing to continue his run for the White House. Donald Trump surprised just about the entire political spectrum. He turned out to be sui generis akin to Andrew Jackson.