Trump Really Is Draining The Swamp

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

dailycaller
Robert Donachie
Capitol Hill and Health Care Reporter
11:50 AM 12/31/2017

[excerpt]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/31/trump-really-is-draining-the-swamp/

President Donald Trump is significantly decreasing the size of the federal bureaucracy, a campaign promise he often referred to as “draining the swamp.”

The administration downsized permanent staff at all cabinet-level departments by the end of Sept. 2017, except for at Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs (VA) and Interior, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Hundreds of federal positions have been removed as a result of the administration’s commitment to retool and shed some of the two million federal government employees.

The federal workforce grew sizably under both former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, ballooning from roughly 1.8 million employees in 2000 to 2.14 million at the height of Obama’s presidency.

[Sanguine]

It's a good start.

[Fishrrman]

Let's hope he keeps the pressure on (and the drain open) in 2018 as well...!

[libertybele]

IMHO he's not draining the swamp nearly fast enough and things would go more expeditiously if he were to oust Rosenstein and Mueller ... jury is still out on Sessions but he seems to be part of the problem rather than the solution.

[RetBobbyMI]

IMHO he's not draining the swamp nearly fast enough and things would go more expeditiously if he were to oust Rosenstein and Mueller ... jury is still out on Sessions but he seems to be part of the problem rather than the solution.

He needs to work on the political appointees and key staff in DoJ and FBI. Of course anything touch will bring the clamor of obstruction.

[Sanguine]

He needs to work on the political appointees and key staff in DoJ and FBI. Of course anything touch will bring the clamor of obstruction.

If he did it like the left does, just do a whole bunch of changes at once, and they don't know where to focus - the outrages are everywhere.

[RetBobbyMI]

If he did it like the left does, just do a whole bunch of changes at once, and they don't know where to focus - the outrages are everywhere.

If appointed by anyone but the current administration, resign immediately or be "fired" by weeks end.

[Cyber Liberty]

IMHO he's not draining the swamp nearly fast enough and things would go more expeditiously if he were to oust Rosenstein and Mueller ... jury is still out on Sessions but he seems to be part of the problem rather than the solution.

Meh. Mueller isn't finished destroying himself yet.  Dittos Rosenswine.

[WingNot]

The swamp has deep roots.