The Briefing Room
General Category => Editorial/Opinion/Blogs => Topic started by: rangerrebew on January 31, 2018, 11:04:42 pm
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Trump Shows Us Why Its So Hard to "Drain the Swamp"
01/30/2018Paul-Martin Foss
A year after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, analysts and commentators are assessing both his performance in the first year of his presidency as well as the outlook for the remainder of his first term. Entering office as a surprise winner and a political neophyte, many people didn’t know just what to expect from Trump. Would he do what he pledged to do as a candidate, or was his campaign rhetoric just a lot of hot air to bamboozle enough people into voting for him? One of Trump’s most popular promises was to “drain the swamp†and, while the president has tried to make some strides in that respect over the past year, there are concerning signs that any swamp draining may be coming to an end.
https://mises.org/wire/trump-shows-us-why-its-so-hard-drain-swamp
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I was going to say deep state but his answer is good too :P