Fill the Swamp?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : The best evidence is who Trump is hiring for top positions.
62% : Instead, he operated a luxury hotel down the street from the White House, which became a great place to spend money and be seen for anyone who wanted to ingratiate themselves with Trump, including foreign-government representatives.
50% : Trump himself will never say it, but the credo of his second term is coming into focus: Fill the swamp.
47% : Last month, The Washington Post calculated that Trump had used it "just 59 times on Truth Social, his social media site, in the past two years -- fewer times than he wrote about it on Twitter in October 2016 alone."
47% : Read: Political corruption enters a new golden ageEven more glaring is Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and a major government contractor, who has been acting as a sort of "co-president" or "first buddy" to Trump.
47% : Even during the 2016 campaign, Trump used to tell crowds that he was ambivalent about "Drain the swamp" as a mantra.
45% : Trump is also picking many people who come straight from industries that the government regulates or does business with.
27% : Read: The bait-and-switch presidencyTrump also dragged his feet on agreeing to rules for his transition; he finally struck a deal on November 26, but it's well short of the standards set by past agreements.
24% : (Trump has also not agreed to the usual FBI background checks for nominees and appointees.)
22% : Trump spent four years forcing the Secret Service to stay at his properties, charging exorbitant rates and misleading the public about it.
20% : In August, Trump told the podcaster Theo Von, "You have to stop listening to lobbyists."

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