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Michchamp
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We need a better metaphor to describe the Trump administration.
I mean corruption - even open quid pro quo - is as American as apple pie, hence the swamp metaphor is accurate. "draining it" is anything but. at least prior to this administration, presidential appointees would be selected to maintain some distance between the government office and the organizations/markets it was overseeing. Now they just put those from business directly in these posts with little to no opposition.
I mean corruption - even open quid pro quo - is as American as apple pie, hence the swamp metaphor is accurate. "draining it" is anything but. at least prior to this administration, presidential appointees would be selected to maintain some distance between the government office and the organizations/markets it was overseeing. Now they just put those from business directly in these posts with little to no opposition.