Trump didn't drain swamp; he just added new creatures

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By Jackie Calmes / Los Angeles Times

Donald Trump doesn’t drain the swamp, despite his promises. He just puts his own brand on it, like everything else he touches, and sells. And he transports it: Wherever Trump is, the swamp creatures swarm to be near him.

Since he won the election Nov. 5, the habitat for hangers-on has been Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s waterfront Palm Beach playground in Florida, a state famously hospitable to swamps. Sycophants, billionaires, lobbyists and job seekers jostle amid the unswamplike gaudy gilt splendor, wearing golf attire by day and formal wear by night, in hopes of a chance to press their special interests before the Swamp King.

Postelection headlines tell the tale. “Inside the Trump-Fueled Lobbying Frenzy from Mar-a-Lago” read one, followed by, “K Street lobbyists are flocking to Florida, as the nexus of power under Donald Trump shifts from Washington to Palm Beach.” Another: “A Spike in Demand, and Fees, for Lobbyists with Ties to Trump.” And from the BBC: “Power in the Palms: Inside the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago.”

Not in memory, possibly not ever, has the nation seen such overt, unapologetic and public displays of kowtowing to, and deal-making with, a U.S. president or president-elect by the nation’s rich and well-connected. Get used to it. Trump’s favorite historical period is the late 19th-century Gilded Age; he’s re-creating it for the 21st century.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-trump-didnt-drain-swamp-he-just-added-new-creatures/

[CousinIT]

1. He filled up the swamp. With billionaires. And they are going to drain the US Treasury. nt

[patphil]

2. He is building a bigger, deeper, darker swamp, and filling it with the most horrific creatures he can.

I agree, all he wanted to do was rebrand the swamp in his name.