The Swamp Still Looks Pretty Healthy

[rangerrebew]

The Swamp Still Looks Pretty Healthy
Waiting for accountability in Trump’s second term.

Brian C. Joondeph | March 23, 2026
 

For nearly a decade, Americans were told that powerful institutions had been weaponized against a sitting president and his supporters. Intelligence agencies, federal law enforcement, and political operatives were accused of bending the machinery of government toward partisan ends.

The promise from President Donald Trump was clear: expose it, clean it up, and drain the swamp.
 
Now more than a year into Trump’s second term, many voters are beginning to ask a simple question: Where are the results?

A recent Rasmussen Reports survey suggests that frustration may be growing. Approval ratings for FBI Director Kash Patel are slipping. Only 40 percent of likely voters view Patel favorably. Even more striking, just 32 percent believe he is performing better than previous FBI directors, while 37 percent think he is doing worse.
 

Those numbers are not catastrophic. But they are a signal.

For the mainstream press, this is just another fluctuation in Washington approval ratings. For many Trump supporters, however, it reflects something deeper — the growing perception that promises of accountability have yet to materialize.

The disappointment isn’t ideological.

It’s transactional.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_swamp_still_looks_pretty_healthy.html

[rangerrebew]

I'm sure Judge Boazberg will fight to insure Somalis, drug cartels, Russians, Chinese, and Hamas are not falsely accused.

[mystery-ak]

The Swamp Still Looks Pretty Healthy

Waiting for accountability in Trump’s second term.

Brian C. Joondeph | March 23, 2026

For nearly a decade, Americans were told that powerful institutions had been weaponized against a sitting president and his supporters. Intelligence agencies, federal law enforcement, and political operatives were accused of bending the machinery of government toward partisan ends.

The promise from President Donald Trump was clear: expose it, clean it up, and drain the swamp.

Now more than a year into Trump’s second term, many voters are beginning to ask a simple question: Where are the results?

A recent Rasmussen Reports survey suggests that frustration may be growing. Approval ratings for FBI Director Kash Patel are slipping. Only 40 percent of likely voters view Patel favorably. Even more striking, just 32 percent believe he is performing better than previous FBI directors, while 37 percent think he is doing worse.

Those numbers are not catastrophic. But they are a signal.

For the mainstream press, this is just another fluctuation in Washington approval ratings. For many Trump supporters, however, it reflects something deeper — the growing perception that promises of accountability have yet to materialize.

The disappointment isn’t ideological.

It’s transactional.

Patel built his reputation by exposing what many Americans believe was a coordinated effort inside the national security bureaucracy to undermine Trump during his first term. As a senior investigator for the House Intelligence Committee working with Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes, Patel helped uncover problems with surveillance warrants targeting Trump associate Carter Page.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_swamp_still_looks_pretty_healthy.html

[berdie]

I would be deeply surprised if the swamp is as it always has been since the beginning. Maybe not the first patriotic government.

The only way to clean up the swamp is to clean up the hearts of men that we elect. Sooo...

I will say this, I truly believe that some of our elected start with good intentions. They actually think they can make a difference. But after they get there either they start swimming in the lucrative swamp or the shark infested swamp eats them.

[Wingnut]

The swamp has a big following here. 

[libertybele]

I would be deeply surprised if the swamp is as it always has been since the beginning. Maybe not the first patriotic government.

The only way to clean up the swamp is to clean up the hearts of men that we elect. Sooo...

I will say this, I truly believe that some of our elected start with good intentions. They actually think they can make a difference. But after they get there either they start swimming in the lucrative swamp or the shark infested swamp eats them.

I'm not so sure that the swamp has changed in the least and yes I think you are correct, the shark infested swamp eats many whose intentions are good.

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