And then something must have happened. Either Rush is doing this for money or his b*lls are in a vice by someone. He has thrown his paying listeners under the bus.
I noticed the change a few months ago after Trump tweeted “Rush is Fantastic”. Rush at that time was talking about how briliiantly Trump was dominating the drive-bys. It was practically the next day that Rush’s whole tone and conversation started going hostile toward Trump. I also have noticed that Trump used to always talk in his rallys about how great Rush was. Ever since that tweet, he NEVER mentions him. I think somebody got to Rush and like you said, and applied the vice grip.