"So far he's not draining the swamp," former US Rep.
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Behind the scenes, Donald Trump is not draining the swamp.
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Finally, Trump campaigned on "draining the swamp" of big government.
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As one commentator has said, Trump isn't draining the swamp.
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Elevating good analysis is a way of draining the swamp.
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He calls it 'draining the swamp;' you see it as innovation.
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Instead of draining the swamp, Donald Trump Jr. dove right in.
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"So far he's not draining the swamp," Walsh wrote on Twitter.
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Those actions would contribute immediately towards "draining the swamp" in Washington.
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"This is actually the definition of draining the swamp," she said.
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Trump was draining the swamp and pissing off Democrats along the way.
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Budget: F. Creating jobs: F. Draining the swamp: F. Healthcare: F-minus.
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"Speaking of draining the swamp, Donna Brazile did it again," he said.
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"So much for President Trump's call for draining the swamp," she said.
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I'm draining the Swamp, and the Swamp is trying to fight back.
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Is his transition team truly draining the swamp or flagrantly deepening it?
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They discussed draining the swamp, but not as a figure of speech.
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To borrow a phrase it has popularized, it means draining the swamp.
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Draining the swamp was Trump's strongest argument, and he's given it away.
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"Poor way to begin draining the swamp, @SpeakerRyan," its president, Tom Fitton, tweeted.
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"Last month it was about abortion and before that, about draining the swamp."
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Rather than draining the swamp, the swamp simply grows deeper and more insidious.
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" Even the most ethically bankrupt politician can spout drivel about "draining the swamp.
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Every time you see me hit, you know that I'm draining the swamp.
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We have always understood that draining the swamp would be controversial in Washington.
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Is that draining the swamp — or putting the fox in charge of the henhouse?
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But it's also worth noting that draining the swamp is a business model, too.
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The fact is that he came here and was talking about draining the swamp.
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Rather than draining the swamp, this would simply free up more space for lobbyists.
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But instead of draining the swamp, he's wallowing in it and monetizing the presidency.
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This is shaping up to be another red-letter week for Draining the Swamp.
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Swamp creatures protested the fact that President Trump is in fact, not draining the swamp.
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"Our president needs help draining the swamp," Mr. Grimm shouted at his announcement on Sunday.
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Opinion Columnist I cannot think of a better time to talk about draining the swamp.
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He has as much to do with draining the swamp as Cheetos do with nutrition.
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By now it's clear that there can be no more talk of draining the swamp.
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Sunlight would be far more effective at draining the swamp than Trump's huffing and puffing.
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It certainly runs counter to any presidential candidate who was talking about draining the swamp.
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Draining the swamp, or transforming the culture in Washington, means deconstructing the Special Interest State.
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Disgusting. "President Trump calls it draining the swamp," Mulvaney explains, enthusiastically lit by an otherworldly glow.
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Furthermore, Trump, who campaigned on "draining the swamp," faced criticism for his acting secretaries' lobbying ties.
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But as he's learned, everything (including "draining the swamp") is more complicated when you're actually responsible.
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Far from draining the swamp, Trump and his political appointees have filled it to the brim.
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"Rather than draining the swamp, he is now filling it up with hungry crocodiles," said Rep.
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Draining the swamp One of Trump's signature campaign slogans was that he'd drain the Washington swamp.
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Talk of "draining the swamp" may prevail over a "swamp," where experience and knowledge trump talk.
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I listened to him, on immigration, on draining the swamp, on lobbyists, and I liked that.
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Look forward to working with you to #MakeAmericaGreat #TCOT I thought we were draining the swamp?
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For congressional Republicans serious about draining the swamp, cutting spending, and returning to regular order, Rep.
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However, President Donald Trump, who appointed Gottlieb, has made "draining the swamp" one of his main priorities.
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Instead of draining the swamp, the lobbying industry during Obama's presidency just got a little bit murkier.
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Unlike Shulkin, Wilkie has the bureaucratic knowledge and experience to whip the alligators while draining the swamp.
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"When we talk about draining the swamp, this is one of the first steps," Mr. Miller said.
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Really draining the swamp means changing the policymaking process to shield it against insider takeover and manipulation.
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"He's actually stayed on message" by talking about "draining the swamp in Washington" and getting rid of Obamacare.
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It adds up to an administration that's overwhelmingly likely to do the complete opposite of draining the swamp.
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And instead of "draining the swamp" as you promised, you've moved Wall Street back into the White House.
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Americans have less confidence that Trump will be able to achieve another oft-stated goal: Draining the swamp.
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If this is their idea of "draining the swamp," then count me in (all except the ObamaCare part).
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But while "draining the swamp" may be a great slogan, there's no sign that anything is actually changing.
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" Brown, the Senate Banking Committee's ranking Democrat, said Mnuchin's nomination "isn't draining the swamp — it's stocking it with alligators.
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"I talked this morning with President-elect Trump, and he reminded me he likes draining the swamp" Gingrich continued.
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For instance, it is now abundantly clear that Trump had no intention whatsoever of draining the swamp in Washington.
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"Poor way to begin draining the swamp," Tom Fitton, president of the conservative group Judicial Watch, said on Twitter.
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"This runs absolutely contrary to the strategy that Trump talked about during the campaign of 'draining the swamp,' " Sen.
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We can expect more such accusations of bias, and rhetoric about "draining the swamp" of our legal system as well.
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"President Trump when it comes to draining the swamp has been a complete and total disappointment," Schumer said Monday afternoon.
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From his missive: When you ran and won, you ran on draining the swamp, not giving new life to it.
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S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE to the punch in draining the swamp.
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"We just had a president win on the campaign promise of draining the swamp," Randleas told the Kansas City Star.
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"Bringing back earmarks is the antithesis of draining the swamp," Club for Growth President David McIntosh said in a statement.
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It's also worth mentioning the hypocrisy here that this is a president who ran on a platform of draining the swamp.
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On the campaign trail, Trump proposed closing lobbying loopholes as part of his five-point ethics plan for draining the swamp.
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President Trump campaigned on draining the swamp, but in three different energy areas, he's taken steps that are classic Washington moves.
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" Trump in a tweet late Wednesday said he is "draining the Swamp," but that "the Swamp is trying to fight back.
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Like other self-professed outsiders before him, Mr. Trump will discover that draining the swamp is much easier said than done.
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Trump campaigned on "draining the swamp," and his criticism of lawmakers' focus on the ethics office appears to have held sway.
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"If the Trump administration is serious about draining the swamp, fighting for free enterprise and getting rid of regulations," Eshelmen said.
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My mission is to help President Trump restore Main Street's faith in Washington by draining the swamp and by providing good jobs.
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Draining the swamp: When Green asked Lewandowski whether his lobbying work conflicted with Trump's "drain the swamp" message, he rejected the premise.
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"If the president was serious about draining the swamp, this is certainly not something he would do," he said of Bharara's firing.
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"What we're doing in this body today is not draining the swamp," said Senator Ben Sasse, Republican of Nebraska, who voted no.
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"I felt Trump made promises about draining the swamp and doing things differently in Washington and that is not happening," he said.
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Finally, rather than "draining the swamp," President Trump has filled his cabinet with the authors and beneficiaries of our broken economic rules.
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" He cited as an example a request that Mr. McConnell once made of Mr. Trump to stop talking about "draining the swamp.
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But with the surprise election of President Trump – a non-establishment Republican candidate who ran on draining the swamp – I expected something different.
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The idea that draining the swamp only occurs without having any people who understand how the swamp works is not a good one.
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Meanwhile, Trump is draining the swamp by slashing 3,269 federal government jobs in May for a total of 265,218 since he took office.
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And not that they really did today, but why would you defend the guy, basically, if you&aposre talking about draining the swamp.
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Nevermind that he's draining the swamp using a siphon that dumps all of its contents directly into his cabinet and White house staff.
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President Trump made "draining the swamp" a centerpiece of his campaign, yet in his inaugural address, he said nothing about campaign finance reform.
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If the Trump administration is serious about "draining the swamp," then these no-bid contracts need to be blasted into the history books.
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"Not a great day for draining the swamp," scoffed Donovan spokeswoman Jessica Proud by email when asked about the Grimm-Bannon photo-op.
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When you think about draining the swamp, think in terms of breaking gridlock and restoring the opportunity for everyone's voice to be heard.
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As his inauguration approaches, it appears that Trump's plan was less about "draining the swamp" and more about clogging it with swamp monsters.
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"This is a big part of draining the swamp," Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director, said at a briefing on Tuesday afternoon.
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Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, appeared to reinforce the idea earlier Thursday, saying that draining the swamp is among Trump's lower priorities.
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Listening to Sutton tell it, both in person and in television ads, the message is could easily be distilled as draining the swamp.
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SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER, D—NEW YORK: President Trump, when it comes to draining the swamp, has been a complete and total disappointment.
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Will it may not count as draining the swamp -- his core campaign promise will certainly qualify as a win over its most dangerous inhabitants.
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But emboldened by the President's rhetoric of "draining the swamp," some Republican House members took it as a sign to come after public servants.
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Other issues typically popular with Republican voters split support, including the economy (17%), immigration (10%), "draining the swamp" (7%) and taxes/government spending (6%).
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Instead of "draining the swamp," President Trump is bullish on his family's ability to profit from his presidency, which is unlike every president before him.
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He has prioritized combating government corruption -- draining the swamp -- and he has criticized his predecessors for failing to address the needs of the Pakistani people.
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After all, their boy Trump rode to power on a promise of draining the swamp of exactly the type of corruption Mueller's investigation is uncovering.
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The point of "draining the swamp" was to more effectively address problems that career politicians neglected, with the overprescription of opioids being a prime example.
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Mr. Price is hardly the only Trump cabinet member to have racked up a big tab while the administration has supposedly been draining the swamp.
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"Instead of draining the swamp, which is a phrase we used in '06 … Republicans have turned Washington into a cesspool," Pelosi told reporters last week.
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The exercise demonstrated that while running on the message of ending corruption in Washington will win elections, actually draining the swamp is easier said than done.
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When you talk about "draining the swamp," a lot of Americans wonder why Trump's racist supporters or the self-described "alt-right" aren't considered equally worrisome.
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They can rally against the Wall Street friendly millionaires and billionaires Trump has nominated as proof that Trump is not draining the swamp but expanding it.
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"Bringing back earmarks is the antithesis of draining the swamp," said David McIntosh, the president of Club for Growth, which is close to the White House.
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And... Anthony Fisher: Draining the swamp and the bureaucracy is different than pushing back on political correctness and a lot of conservatives would call identity politics.
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He said the President had done what few in Washington would do and was truly "draining the swamp" when he stood by Kavanaugh despite Ford's allegations.
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The following day, touring a fire station in Granite Falls, North Carolina, talk had just turned to draining the swamp when the room momentarily fell silent.
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If Trump is draining the swamp, as he promised, it appears that's because he wants to make it easier to drill in the muck -- and everywhere else.
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Draining the swamp of alcoholReuters' Melissa Fares went on inauguration party patrol as Donald Trump's supporters knocked back a few before the inauguration of the new president.
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"Draining the swamp," as distasteful a term and goal as many Trump opponents believe it is, is still one of the key rallying cries for that base.
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"I think that when you're talking about draining the swamp, it's very difficult in the same mouthful to suggest that we're going to reinstitute earmarks," Meadows said.
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"The Democrats nationalized the election and the Republicans failed to nationalize the key issues of repealing ObamaCare and major tax cuts and draining the swamp," said Rep.
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"Trump has pledged to change things in Washington — about draining the swamp," said Mr. Lott, who now works at Squire Patton Boggs, a law and lobbying firm.
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In a time when many voters are concerned about particularly concerned about holding members of Congress accountable ("draining the swamp"), the mavericks are more important than ever.
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Earlier this year, Norquist suggested getting rid of Barack Obama's Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was an example of Trump draining the swamp, because Murthy was insufficiently pro-vaping.
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Ryan: 'We are not planning on erecting a deportation force' Draining the swamp Trump's rallying cry on the campaign trail was that he'd "drain the swamp" in Washington.
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"The President-elect talked about draining the swamp, but what we're seeing increasingly is a White House that looks like a Goldman Sachs executive retreat," Brown told Burnett.
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He chafed at his advisers' request that he use a seemingly canned line in a speech — a call to curb government corruption by "draining the swamp" in Washington.
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Draining the swamp and restoring constitutionally-limited government starts by calling out when bad politics trump good policy and reigning in the "rogue agency" that is the CFPB.
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You cannot even have the debate about draining the swamp if you continue to feed the ecosystem, the administrative state, that is the very foundation for the swamp.
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"That slogan about draining the swamp in Washington really resonated," said Larry Miller, 80, a retired school principal who now fixes accordions in the little town of Iota.
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Both Roberts and Justice Stephen Breyer made references to draining the swamp — but they were talking about an actual swamp in hypotheticals of what reasonable changes would be.
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And, of course, his version of "draining the swamp" has brought a level of corruption to official Washington that would have embarrassed the congressional barons of the Gilded Age.
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If President Trump were serious and clear-eyed about "draining the swamp," he would focus his energy and attention on real reforms, like the "By the People" legislative agenda.
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After all, it was the Obama administration that Trump and his followers were targeting most directly with the talk of draining the swamp and the culture of government corruption.
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In the end, though, we spent most of our time debating the role of race in this campaign, and what the conversation about "draining the swamp" reveals about Trump's supporters.
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Yet another Cabinet member, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, is going home trailed by scandal, in another rebuke to the idea that the Trump administration was ever about draining the swamp.
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On a week that Trump wanted the focus to be on his tax reform proposal, Price made the storyline all about how the President wasn't draining the swamp as promised.
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If passed by the House, it will demonstrate that, despite this administration's talk of "draining the swamp," Congress continues to proceed as it has in the past — business as usual.
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"Trump's rhetoric about draining the swamp, I don't think anyone really took seriously," said Tim LaPira, a professor of political science at James Madison University who studies Washington's revolving door.
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It seems like a plan Trump would embrace, but it might not be legal Trump has long-talked of draining the swamp in Washington and his love of the private sector.
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"If the President is actually serious about fighting corruption in Washington and draining the swamp, he will show some courage and veto this bill immediately," he said in a statement. Sen.
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FOWLER: But I thought Trump -- I mean, I thought Trump, like, sort of ran on the whole idea of draining the swamp, and this guy is the epitome of the swamp.
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He said Trump's populist message in 2016 appealed to many Kentuckians, as Trump called for draining the swamp in Washington, for family leave and for infrastructure programs that would create jobs.
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"It does strike me as an odd way of draining the swamp to bring in a new alligator from Wall Street," King on Thursday told CNN's "New Day" about Steven Mnuchin.
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Unless President Trump's talk of "draining the swamp" is a complete sham, he should make it clear that he will veto both of these bills if they emerge from the Senate.
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It could prove difficult for Mr. Trump to argue he is draining the swamp, as he puts it, while consistently using his pardon power to help the well-connected or famous.
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"Trump talks about draining the swamp, but Gillespie kind of is the swamp," said Nick Peacemaker, who works in marketing and considered himself a Republican until Trump won the party's presidential nomination.
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During 2016, there was a lot of Republican donors like the folks at the Romney Summit we were just talking about who felt Trump is running against the system, draining the swamp.
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" And this gets at the heart of the problem: All of these fevered dreams of "draining the swamp" are really dreams of a political system that is somehow "pure" and "not corrupt.
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The signs cover many of Trump's favorite topics — the US Mexico border, "draining the swamp," his "genius," the flaws of socialism and communism, "fake news," and people's love and adoration for him.
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Draining the swamp can only happen if less money flows through Washington, D.C. The thousands of federal lobbyists who work in this town will continue to thrive if power is not devolved.
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Is it any wonder that a national poll from May found that most voters didn't think Trump was draining the swamp, with 32 percent saying he was actually making DC corruption worse?
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And for all his thunderous talk before Election Day about "draining the swamp" of Washington, the water level looks fine, the mosquitoes seem unworried and the gators remain plentiful and well-fed.
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But Trump has yet to heed such advice, frequently careening from one topic to another, including building a southern border wall, draining the swamp and locking up his 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton.
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Trump received a majority of failing grades on all the issues, except terrorism, for which he earned an A. Failing marks: Foreign relations Healthcare National debt Jobs Climate change Draining the swamp Immigration
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One week after his Inauguration, President Donald Trump took a small if meaningful step toward "draining the swamp" — signing an executive order restricting the work former lobbyists could do in his White House.
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"My run for the U.S. Senate offers voters an opportunity to begin draining the Swamp — this is why McConnell and the establishment are spending millions to defeat me," Blankenship said in a statement.
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President Trump unified a governing coalition behind the promise of draining the swamp in Washington, and of all his Cabinet members, Scott Pruitt has done the most to help him advance the cause.
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When Trump spoke of "draining the swamp" and imposing revolving door restrictions on lobbyists, hopes were raised again, only to be dashed when no such ethics agreements being signed by Trump's Cabinet nominees.
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In office, his governing philosophy is based on identity politics for the white middle class and is symbolized by his key campaign promises like building the wall, draining the swamp, and replacing ObamaCare.
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When he talks about draining the swamp he isn't just talking about political elites, but the establishment media — in particular those outlets hiding behind "fake news" based on anonymous (and sometimes fabricated) sources.
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Trump isn't draining the swamp himself, but the shock of his ascent has created swamp-draining conditions — in which other corruptions have suddenly been exposed, and there have been many deserved falls from grace.
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President Donald Trump ran on "draining the swamp," but his administration has been racked with corruption scandals, while many of Trump's private businesses have reaped financial gains during the early stages of his term.
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If America is really serious about "draining the swamp" in Washington, then removing harmful policies and rent-seeking behaviors upon which corporate welfare and cronyism are built should be a high priority for Congress.
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"President Trump talked a big game about draining the swamp, yet he continues to surround himself with staff and administration officials who behave as though a separate set of rules apply to them," he said.
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"If the President expects the American people to stand by him in the months ahead on the tough road to draining the swamp, he must stand by those who have stood with him," he said.
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Trump has touted himself as an outsider and disrupter, intent on "draining the swamp," challenging the Washington establishment, and capitalizing on the contempt many Americans have for a Congress that has long been in deadlock.
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He wants people to believe that he was the victim of an illegitimate investigation and overcame FBI malfeasance to win an election, then began "draining the swamp" once he took office by firing Comey and others.
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" Or, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, a former congressman and the architect of the 2006 House Democratic takeover, put it: "Trump is the issue, and rather than draining the swamp, he brought it with him.
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And now his oversold promises are being exposed for the lies they were — draining the swamp in Washington, forcing Mexico to pay for his ridiculous southern border wall, the incredibly defective Obamacare repeal and replacement proposal.
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Donald Trump may claim to be all about draining the swamp, but a website made by a former Clinton staffer is calling out how often the president-elect shows his conflicts of interest and money-grabbing ways.
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Anthony Scaramucci keeps spilling White House tea in the 'Big Brother' house, and he says there's no way President Trump is going to be able to deliver on one of his biggest campaign promises ... draining the swamp.
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Let me ask you this: As someone worried about Trump not draining the swamp, are you more comfortable with a guy like Steve Bannon in the White House, who ran the race-baiting alt-right site Breitbart.
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We are less than a year and a half removed from a presidential election that saw President Trump elected on the promise of "draining the swamp" and reducing the influence of special interests on our political process.
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Still, Zelensky is enormously flattering throughout, attempting to ingratiate himself to Trump by imitating his speech—going as far as to talk about "draining the swamp" in Kiev and referring to him as a "great teacher" throughout.
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Caddell truly understood exactly how powerful the slogan "Make America Great Again" was in 2016, and how the concept of "draining the swamp" resonated with voters who were angry, disenchanted, and felt left behind by the federal government.
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"There is a huge disconnect between the campaign rhetoric he has used to great effect around draining the swamp and Wall Street money being corrupting, and putting lobbyists and industry front and center in his transition team," Gilbert says.
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President Donald Trump sticking with his opposition to AT&T's merger with Time Warner, in spite of his personal lawyer receiving consulting fees from the telecom giant, represents "the definition of draining the swamp," the White House said Friday.
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JORDANVILLE, N.Y. — The message last month sounded as if it came directly from a Donald J. Trump campaign speech, with references to draining the swamp and calls for the prosecution of Hillary Clinton and James B. Comey, among others.
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" Tuesday night ended on a predictably outraged note, with Sean Hannity, a Trump supporter, suggesting on his show that the left was "willing to do anything to stop President Trump from draining the swamp and changing the status quo.
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But while it is a good outcome, and seems to showcase the President-elect's commitment to "draining the swamp," it is no reason for people who are worried about the corruption Trump may bring to Washington to let down their guard.
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When he eventually returned to his script, Mr Trump repeated some of his boldest campaign promises, including building a wall on America's border with Mexico, "draining the swamp" of corruption and the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act.
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But as Warren takes serious steps toward running for president in 2020, the bill could become a cornerstone of a national campaign, one focused in part on a message that has already been proven to resonate with voters: draining the swamp.
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While President Trump came into office on a promise of "draining the swamp," Roberts was a federal appellate judge in DC before his nomination to the high court and he had served in the two prior Republican administrations before that.
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Trumps revolutionary proposals include a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress as well as what he calls "draining the swamp" of lobbyists in Washington DC. With a Trump presidency, a lot of insider's livelihoods are at stake.
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In an excerpt published in New York Magazine, Wylie says the firm used focus groups and qualitative observation to learn what Facebook users are interested in, including term limits, "draining the swamp," guns, and building walls to keep out immigrants.
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It seems a little counterintuitive for the leader of the free world to be splitting his time between draining the swamp and facilitating the production of a business-competition show, but according to Trump's camp, it's going to be totally chill.
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Mr. Trump and his supporters claim the president is draining the swamp, just as he replaces it with his cronies: Mr. Giuliani, his family, whatever allies and backers are willing to work with him in Washington or Kiev or wherever else.
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Jair Bolsonaro, who was stabbed while on the campaign trail, espouses several policy positions and tactics that you have adopted, including a focus on draining the swamp and rooting out corruption, attacking the press and making his country great again.
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In addition to his hardline stance on immigration, the American Independent Party is drawn to Trump's stances on rewriting America's trade deals, bringing corporate cash back to the United States, "draining the swamp" in Washington, and rebuilding the military while forsaking foreign interventions.
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By the beginning of '20183, they'd pulled off, the women in particular, because of corruption, big money was in control, none of the stuff about draining the swamp was true, but above all because healthcare costs were rising and they'd had it.
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Although Ohlausen already has direct experience in the FTC, Reyes would be a far better choice to lead the commission because it is in need of a new direction consistent with the idea of draining the swamp and upholding the highest ethical standards.
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"The campaign and the transition knows that many of these issues that Donald Trump ran on—repealing Obamacare, securing the borders and preventing amnesty, and draining the swamp—those are things Heritage has been building support for for years," DeMint said in December.
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Americans of both parties have been clamoring to get money out of politics for years; Donald Trump ran on a message of "draining the swamp" in 2016, and House Democrats rode to a wave election in 2018 on an anti-corruption message.
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As for the value of experience, it's worth noting that Trump's language about "draining the swamp" is exactly the same phrasing that former Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi used 10 years ago, back in 2006, when Democrats were poised to win back the House.
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Although some in the veterans community felt that Shulkin was a surprising pick to head the VA — after all, how could a political appointee from the Obama administration be considered "draining the swamp" — the general attitude toward his nomination is one of cautious optimism.
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But at a political moment where "draining the swamp" in Washington is a popular refrain, there is also an opportunity for the White House and Congress to take a hard look at how Gulf state funds are influencing our foreign policy in dangerous ways.
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Defenders say fired prosecutor Bharara was 'draining the swamp' Trump Jr. steps back into politics, says has 'zero contact' with dad Price, a former doctor who has been in his new position for just over a month, was previously a Republican congressman from Georgia.
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"Comey, Brennan, Clapper, we're draining the swamp, folks," Trump told a rally on Monday in Pennsylvania, referring to former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, and James Clapper, a former director of national intelligence, all of whom have been critical of Trump.
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A report from the progressive group End Citizens United shows that voters polled in January 2018, found Democrats to lead Republicans on reducing special interest money in government and elections, but fell behind in bringing change to Washington (or as Trump puts it, draining the swamp).
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He went from "who the hell wants to speak about politics when I'm in front of the Boy Scouts?" to taking on health care, winning the electoral college, draining the swamp, fake news, New York cocktail parties, and the sexual proclivities of old rich men for good measure.
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"We're seeing an unprecedented effort here by Republicans at the federal level, in Congress, and in South Dakota to swim in the swamp instead of draining the swamp," said Aaron Scherb, director of legislative affairs for Common Cause, which has encouraged its South Dakota members to contact lawmakers there.
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders argues that payments by AT&T to President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen really represent "the definition of draining the swamp" because the Trump Administration didn't let the payments stop the Department of Justice from taking steps against the AT&T/Time Warner merger.
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"Trump's outrageous pick of Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State demonstrates once again that he lied to the country about draining the swamp, and he's turning the government over to the same Wall Street bankers, Washington insiders and special interests he railed against during the campaign," DNC spokesman Adam Hodge said in a statement.
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In many ways, the discussion between the three men in Mr. Trump's office tower encapsulates the dueling impulses of the president-elect, a man who enjoys being at the center of attention, but who is also aware that he was elected on a strong populist message of "draining the swamp" of Washington cronyism and extravagance.
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Draining the swamp is important – it's one of the things that sets off Trump from his predecessors – but it might not be as important as kicking the economy into high gear and generating the kind of job and wage growth that would spread the benefits of the Obama "recovery" to the forgotten men and women of the American heartland.
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RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TAKING POT SHOTS AT A PRESIDENT WHO IN MY OPINION, I MEAN, NOTHING'S PERFECT IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING ME. BUT IN MY VIEW, IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, HE HAS CHANGED OUR WHOLE ECONOMIC STORY, HE'S CHANGED OUR WHOLE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STORY, HE'S DRAINING THE SWAMP AND HE'S TAKING MEASURES THAT AMERICANS LOVE TO SEE.
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Defenders say fired prosecutor Bharara was 'draining the swamp' Brexit fans flames of secession in Scotland In the company of women: What these bosses have learned Secret Service officers approached the suspect — later identified as Jonathan Tran, 26, of Milpitas — in a restricted area on the east side of the White House complex, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report.
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Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) on Sunday said President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE is not going to fulfill his campaign promise of "draining the swamp" in Washington.
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He added that his company's contract with Flynn's company "is not about representing the position of the Government of Turkey" However, the fact that Flynn was overseeing a company that was lobbying on behalf of foreign clients at the same time he was attending classified briefings alongside Trump seems to complicate the transition, especially given Trump's stated goal of "draining the swamp" in Washington.
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He's dropped the promise to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for Medicare, dropped the promise to break up big banks, dropped the promise of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, and dropped the promise to develop a tax program that would leave the rich paying more — and, of course, his version of "draining the swamp" has brought a level of corruption to official Washington that would have embarrassed the congressional barons of the Gilded Age.
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And among members of the White House Cabinet, no agency head has done more to follow the president's lead in draining the swamp than Scott PruittEdward (Scott) Scott PruittEnvironmentalists renew bid to overturn EPA policy barring scientists from advisory panels Six states sue EPA over pesticide tied to brain damage Overnight Energy: Trump EPA looks to change air pollution permit process | GOP senators propose easing Obama water rule | Green group sues EPA over lead dust rules MORE, who leads the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Given that Trump has promised everything — before contradicting himself — there is ample room to comb his campaign speeches and create a continuous stream of legislative proposals claiming his support; better, less expensive healthcare insurance, taking care of women, making veterans support systems accountable, creating 6 percent growth in the gross domestic product, creating 25 million new jobs, protecting workers, simplifying the tax code, making a fairer tax system, and "draining the swamp" with campaign finance restrictions, term limits and curbing lobbying.
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"I think that what our people in Tea Party Patriots are seeing right now is that he's pulling from people who are committed to the promises he made on the campaign trail, and as far as 'draining the swamp' actually goes, I think the first thing and biggest thing to making that happen is to keep that contract with the American voter and turn that into a legislative reality," said Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder and national coordinator of the grassroots conservative Tea Party Patriots group.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE may have campaigned on "draining the swamp" of Washington, D.C. and Americans' views of Congress may be as low as we've ever seen, but now, more than ever, it's critical that we don't lose sight of the fact that Americans want a federal government that works efficiently for the country and for them.
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