- Trump ran his campaign on a message that he would “drain the swamp” in Washington
- He has so far fully embraced lobbyists within his transition
Washington (CNN)To shape his administration, President-elect Donald Trump is drawing squarely from the “swamp” he has pledged to drain.
Trump’s transition team is staffed with long-time Washington experts and lobbyists from K Street, think tanks and political offices.
It’s a far cry from Trump’s campaign, which ended only Tuesday night, and message that he would “drain the swamp” in Washington. He has advocated congressional term limits and proposed a “five-point plan for ethics reform” that included strengthening restrictions on lobbying, including five-year bans for members and staff of the executive branch and Congress from lobbying, and expanding the definition of lobbyist to prevent more revolving door activity.
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But he has so far fully embraced lobbyists within his transition, and all signs point to a heavy influence from longtime Washington Republican circles on his transition. And with Trump mostly skipping detailed policy proposals during his campaign, they can have a powerful impact on his agenda.
Leaders in his transition include former Rep. Mike Rogers, former Reagan Attorney General and Heritage Foundation fellow Edwin Meese, former President of Heritage Edwin Feulner, former Bush administration official and lobbyist Christine Ciccone, former Dick Cheney adviser Ado Machida, former Senate Budget Committee staffer Eric Ueland and former Sen. Jeff Sessions’ chief of staff Rick Dearborn.
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The effort is chaired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Trump counts former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Sessions as close advisers.
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It seems a bit naive to expect a billionnaire, even a multi-millionnaire in the Western World to be unaffiliated with neocons, zionists and other human-types with evil intent. No such person or organization exists. Take the mixture within Veterans Today, for example.
However, Trump does not have a history of criminal activity, as some of his neocon, zionist, mafia, CIA, MOSSAD and other criminal associates have. While most of them have skilled, Zionist-type attorneys, some could not be protected from conviction and imprisonment for their criminal activity. Donald Trump is an obvious exception. Nor has evidence been generally published that he has had the protection of the CIA, DOJ, MAFIA, the occupant of the POTUS slot, or assisted with Bush-CIA drug smuggling.
However, “The Secret Team – -” did not disappear with the election of Donald Trump. It will be interesting if he lives to attempt to carry out any of his “house-cleaning” promises – if he survives to enter the POTUS slot.
Reviewing pp. 68-75 of “Profits of War Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network”, by former MOSSAD agent, Ari Ben-Menashe, provides a brief view of a few members of the evil machine that has manipulated world governments since prior to the end of WWII. The fairy tales associated with 9-11 constitute a holocaust in the USA.
So this is Trump’s version of “hope and change”.
I am reading the candidates for Secretary of Defense choices are Sen Jeff Sessions, former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, former Sen. Jim Talent, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Mike Flynn, and Rep. Duncan Hunter.
I have no idea who any of these guys are. No idea who’s good, who’s bad, who is a Neo-con, who is reasonable, who is a war hawk. Care to take a stab?
Have no expectation that Trump will keep ANY promises that he made to his less powerful supporters — namely the voters. What are you going to do, take back your vote?
You should fully expect that Trump will keep his promises to Bibi Netanyahu (represented by Sheldon Adelson) and to Vladimir Putin, both of whose associates helped to get Trump all the votes that he needed — by the nefarious means described in Gordon Duff’s articles.
Trump’s approach? ‘Grab ’em by the swamp!’ Washington likes this. Just not his voters outside the beltway.
“At least they have experience.” Does the Neo-Liberal logic not apply here as well? One can understand closing the comments section because of threats etc. Unfortunately this leads to alternative (and legal) explanations being neglected or even ignored. Not to mention the name calling could make potential sources more reluctant to share info here. We have talked about Zionists. Jesuits. Neo-Trotskyists. Neo-Bolsheviks. Neo-Nazis. Neo-Conservatives. There is an old saying about paying attention to not only who is mentioned, but also who is not mentioned. Neo-Liberals. Liberal International in London for example. Even Mr. Duff admitted that the Democratic party is now the War Party. So if they can’t have war abroad (specifically Russia), they fake their death and attempt a “Purple Reign” through the Purple Revolution here. The. Prince. Machiavelli. Alexander. The. Great and Neo-Liberal (in)tolerance from Macedonia with Love? The Left Hand brings Kaos. The Right Hand brings Order. Denial, is not a river in Egypt.