The only nation Rush Limbaugh served enough to win a Medal is Russia.

Limbaugh got Medal of Freedom award as he did a great service to Russia, his show helped Russia beginning in 1980s to find "ditto heads", Americans who will believe and repeat hate-based propaganda even when it is blatantly anti American. Limbaugh's show laid groundwork for Fox News ClearChannel etc flooding USA with false news stories designed to turn us against each other. Rush may even have been a Russian agent, witting or unwitting, but the only nation Rush Limbaugh has served enough to win an award like this is... Russia. So, of course, Trump/Putin awarded him.
Rush L got award as his show did great service to Russia, let Putin see who hates what and how to get them to express it in USA starting in 1980s. Limbaugh identified Ditto Heads for future tools
Vladimir Putin loves Rush Limbaugh as his radio show in1980s paved the way and opened roads for Russian Propaganda that flooded nation on Fox News and Clear Channel etc. So of course another Vietnam era draft dodger gets honored with Our Highest Civilian Award, for helping Putin. "Radio host Rush Limbaugh was disqualified from the Vietnam-era draft due to a pilonidal cyst" Google it. He was a draft dodger like Trump, Putin legitimized both of them. I know from first hand experience that anti-Vietnam war groups were populated by Soviet agents. Some of them are probably still here working on all this ... Cheers

Kay Ebeling

Have,mostly turned off news, watching and rewatching Cheers episodes from beginning to end, can't take anymore Trump