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Report: Trump Would Have Started A White House Radio Show If Not For Rush Limbaugh

Tim Pearce
Report: Trump Would Have Started A White House Radio Show If Not For Rush Limbaugh
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President Trump considered launching a White House radio show to address Americans during the outbreak of the coronavirus, but ultimately scrapped the plans so as not to compete with Rush Limbaugh.

Trump raised the idea at a coronavirus task force meeting in early March before scuttling it soon after, according to The New York Times. The president envisioned a two-hour daily program where he would take unfiltered calls from people across the United States and directly answer their questions about the pandemic and other issues.

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