Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh advised GOP nominee Donald Trump Thursday to ignore everyone who says he should “tone it down” and act more “presidential.”
“[T]he biggest mistake Trump could make would be to take any of that advice. The biggest mistake Trump could make would be to listen to anybody who tells him it’s time to change,” the radio host said.
“Now, some of the advice is intended to sabotage, even people supposedly in your own circle. Folks, there’s envy and there’s jealousy within every organization, and in something like Trump’s — which is red hot. It is the focus of attention in the modern world today, and everybody involved wants the light to shine on them, too. It’s human nature,” he added.
He explained that powerful, wealthy and famous people like him are constantly being second guessed by people who yearn to be thought of as insiders. There are also those who wish to knock the powerful down a peg.
“I’ve been there. I have been where Trump is, and I know what kind of things are happening. I know the efforts to change him. I know the fear. As I say, some of it is well-intentioned,” he said. “Others are saboteurs and so forth. It’s why I can relate to so much of what’s happening with Trump and his campaign. It’s precisely because I’ve been there.”
“I know what’s happening with Trump in the campaign. I know the kind of people that are out there trying to sabotage it and also trying to nose in on it and to get some of the attention for themselves,” he added. “There are all kinds of personalities out there.”
Trump should ignore all of the outside advice, Limbaugh said, because the billionaire’s “instincts are just fine, and he had better continue to trust them.”
