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Trump Marks Five Years Since Rush Limbaugh's Death in White House Video

February 18, 2026 · The White House · 0:01:10

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What happened

President Donald Trump recorded a short White House video marking the fifth anniversary of the death of Rush Limbaugh, published February 18, 2026. Trump called Limbaugh a great man and a great conservative who loved his country and his family, and a friend of his.

Trump recalled that he had never met Limbaugh when he announced his candidacy in 2015, and that he received an excited call saying Limbaugh had endorsed him. He said Limbaugh liked his opening speech coming down the escalator, in which he talked about bad borders and bad crime, as Trump retold it, and that the two later got to know each other. Trump echoed Sean Hannity’s line, as he attributed it, that there will never be another Rush Limbaugh, and offered his thoughts to Limbaugh’s wife and family.

Why it matters

The tribute records the President publicly honoring the conservative broadcaster whose early 2015 endorsement Trump credits as an important moment in his first campaign.

Sources: The White House, “President Donald J. Trump on Five Years Since The Lost of Rush Limbaugh”, 2026-02-18 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-02-18). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.