Is President Trump draining the swamp?
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Is President Trump draining the swamp?

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Paul Ryan announced he won't be running for reelection in 2018, making him the 25th House Republican to call it quits. Trump promised to "drain the swamp" on the campaign trail, but critics say his cabinet picks have been swamp rats to the fullest. Others argue Trump is keeping his promise, pushing out many establishment Republicans such as Bob Corker, Jeff Flake and now Ryan. Is Trump draining the swamp? 🐊

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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced he will not seek reelection in 2018, making him the 25th House Republican to call it quits. Trump supporters argue this is proof that Trump is sticking to his promise to "drain the swamp" by pushing out "establishment" Republicans.

More and more Republicans are looking at how the 2018 elections are shaping up and deciding they want no part of them — with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) just the latest to announce they won’t run for reelection this year.
This makes 25 House Republicans and three GOP senators who are calling it quits, not counting several more who are stepping down to run for another political office (or who have already resigned). That’s the highest such number for just one party in decades.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/13/16624520/paul-ryan-retires-republicans-resigning

But many have criticized Trump for appointing nominees to regulate the very industries they have ties to. According to Lachlan Markay and Sam Stein at The Daily Beast, more than 50 percent of Trump's nominees fit this criteria. Not exactly draining the swamp.

The Daily Beast examined 341 nominations the president has made to Senate-confirmed administration positions. Of those, more than half (179) have some notable conflict of interest, according to a comprehensive review of public records. One hundred and five nominees worked in the industries that they were being tasked with regulating; 63 lobbied for, were lawyers for, or otherwise represented industry members that they were being tasked with regulating; and 11 received payments or campaign donations from members of the industry that they were being tasked with regulating.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-pledged-to-drain-the-swamp-instead-he-filled-it-with-industry-sharks

Seth Meyers called out Trump's "drain the swamp" pledge as nothing more than an empty promise.

"Is now-President Trump draining the swamp, or stocking it with a whole bunch of new critters? [...] It seems a more accurate three-word campaign promise would have been, ‘Run! Swamp monsters!'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkRthmP5JBU

But others have applauded Trump for draining the swamp. Newt Gingrich praised Trump for sticking to his promises and pushing out establishment Republicans.

"Donald Trump really is draining the swamp, and the alligators are really unhappy... This guy is actually doing what he said he would do: We're getting conservative judges nominated. We are getting regulations rolled back."

After Jeff Flake and Bob Corker announced their retirement from the Senate and lambasted the president, many called this a victory for Trump, by pushing out Republicans who failed to support him.

http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/355478-gingrich-the-alligators-are-really-unhappy-that-trump-is-draining

And some blame establishment Republicans for holding back President Trump, threatening to drain them out of a job if they don't work with Trump.

But others find Trump's actions speak volumes about his true intentions.

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