He's comfortable in this hog heaven profitable
swamp environment
Reflection time:
(CNN)
Trump's promise to drain the swamp of Washington, delivered repeatedly and
vigorously during his 2016 campaign, turned into a pledge of honor in his
inaugural address when he said he would return government back to the people
when he said: “For too long, a small group in our nation's Capital has reaped
the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. Washington
flourished but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered but
the jobs left, and the factories closed. That all changes starting right here,
and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you.”
My
insert:
From what we know, have
seen, and suspect more is lurking in the shadow of Trump, the con artist, is more
so in full bloom now than ever.
Add this to the list below:
1. The insider
trading charges against Trump ally Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) for allegedly urgently calling in stock
tips to his son from a White House party about a company Collins had ties to
and which he simultaneously oversaw in Congress. Collins has pleaded not
guilty.
2. Melania
Trump’s parents getting citizenship (via
“chain immigration”) even as Trump cracks down on legal immigration and “chain
immigration.”
3. An IRS agent walked a VA court through the
complicated alleged
money laundering scheme used by Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, on top of his other financial
woes and foreign ties.
4. Commerce
Secretary Wilbur Ross (billionaire), who admitted last month to error in
failing to divest assets as required under ethics rules, is now facing
allegations of bilking friends and investors in a tough Forbes report. Ross has vigorously denied those new
allegations.
Also, don’t forget this criminal
line-up:
Tom Price;
Scott Pruitt; Ryan Zinke; Ben Carson; David Shulkin; and Steve Mnuchin and I’m
sure lots others still in line and getting rich off the Federal taxpayers back
while professing honesty and integrity of their offices … which is by now as we
all know, a Trump con that is full crock of crap.
My 2
cents: What is
amazing in all this corruption and blatant ethics violations is disturbing:
Trump’s base accepts what he says and does as some sort of gospel, not even
counting his over 6,000 documented lies (reported on here).
That same GOP base talks of honesty, loyalty, “American
values,” and such all the while they ignore this corrupt administration’s routine
operations.
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