Trump reopens flood gates to the swamp
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Trump changed his mind on “drain the swamp,” not that he was ever sincere or effective with it anyway:
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/trump-revokes-rule-lobbying-by-white-house-staff-460608
After campaigning on a promise to “drain the swamp,” Donald Trump ended his presidency by revoking his own rule meant to prevent White House staff from lobbying.
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Shortly after he entered office, Trump signed an executive order that barred appointees from any lobbying related to their agency for five years, in addition to a lifetime ban on lobbying for a foreign government. Every Trump appointee was required to sign a pledge agreeing to those rules. But in a last-minute move early Wednesday, Trump reversed the order and allowed the revolving door in Washington to continue swinging. -
He only ever wanted to replace the existing swamp creatures with his own.
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@loki No, he's given his own staff flexibility to go work as lobbyists. No order Biden gives will reverse that.
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@jon-nyc said in Trump reopens flood gates to the swamp:
@loki No, he's given his own staff flexibility to go work as lobbyists. No order Biden gives will reverse that.
OK I see that now.
Now for some semi snark... they won’t get jobs in this country as we are so happy to cancel them all so they will have the opportunity to work abroad.
