Donald Trump barely tried to pretend he was draining the swamp for four years, and now, he’s admitted it was all a farce.
The one step Trump supposedly took to slow the revolving door, an executive order to ban lobbying by senior administration officials for five years, he just scrapped on the way out the door. Trump’s top staff are totally free to become lobbyists this afternoon, just as Barack Obama’s staffers did, just as George W. Bush’s staffers did, and just as Bill Clinton’s staffers did. The swamp is thoroughly undrained.
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