“ Trump's appeal four years ago was fueled by his promise to clean out the Washington swamp of insiders. Instead, no administration — including Richard Nixon’s and Warren Harding’s — ever faced such pervasive ethical and corruption charges.
The president's national security adviser, Michael Flynn, his lawyer, Michael Cohen, one time campaign manager, Paul Manafort, his longtime political consigliere, Roger Stone, all were indicted and convicted or pled guilty. Five cabinet level members were forced to resign because of ethical or legal transgressions.
The current head of the Environmental Protection Agency was a coal lobbyist; the Health and Human Services Secretary was a pharmaceutical lobbyist and executive; the Interior Secretary was an energy lobbyist.
When the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, was under investigation by the State Department's Inspector General for possible professional and personal misdeeds, the Trump administration had an easy answer: They fired the IG.”
“F oreign states like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are among the best customers for the Trump hotels.
It has been New Years' Eve on K Street.
Pro Publica and the Columbia Journalism Review revealed halfway through the Trump administration that it was filled with 281 ex-lobbyists — or four times as many as Barack Obama enlisted in six years.”
