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joecavalry

Do you believe that Trump is part of the swamp?

I don’t believe so considering how he campaigned against them and is still insulting them.

WhyTrump

I think he is.  He is positioning how existing regime is all bad and needs to be drained, but I am sure that whomever takes reign after him will need to do serious drain on whatever he created. All who were associated with Trump will be quickly purged by next administration.
we often see in history how after draconian regime (such as Trump's) a more balanced leader comes in and balances the equalibrium.

SilverishGoldNova

Everyone was. They were all funded by big banks and got people to support them by claiming they weren't. They will say anything to get chosen by their puppeteers 

George_Horse

No, Trump is against Globalism, he is not part of the swamp.

kmelkevolution17

@George_Horse, Trump is rather not a supporter of globalism and members of the swamp may not be as well. This may be a belief of the liberal and democrat swamp which is left wing.

northsouthkorea

No, Trump campaigned against the swamp and is still against the swamp in many ways.

Oswald_Mosley

You can't send a businessman to break the swamp of bankers and corrupt politicians. Heck he used to sway elections himself and that suddenly makes him against the swamp. The "Swamp" at it's finest is a group of corrupt politicians and businessmen with himself included. Just because he campaigned against this supposed "Swamp" doesn't mean he will break it and it makes him a member of the swamp who want's to be seen as against it. Privatizing industries is what the companies want so he is merely giving it to them. 

walterba

@Oswald_Mosley , I agree. Trump may not break the swamp due to his possible experience in business and possible current business interests.

Oswald_Mosley

@walterba His intentions is trying to break the swamp but he is doing a horrible way of defeating it. The way is not in government alone. He wants to break the swamp, he'll have to break the swamp in the economy and government. This isn't coming from a socialist or Bernout retard. This is coming from a Fascist who see's privatizing industries as a way for the men and women of America to once again be hurt. He has good intentions just bad ways of doing it.

Oakchairbc

I'll just list ways Trump is part of the swamp and actually making the swamp worse.
1- Penalties for wall street crimes are down by 70% under Trump[1].
2- Trump Tried to blackmail Morning Jo co-host[2]. Trump also tried to bribe and black mail health insurers[8].
3- Trump is using your tax dollras to run political ads[3].
4- Trump supported and signed the GOP houses law that deregulated wall street banks and gut consumer protections[4]. He passed a law that forces consumers to sue banks in corporate courts with judged appointed by the banks[5].
5- Trump appointed a literal fascist to head homeland security. The guy fabricated charges against citizens to hide police misconduct. He tortured prisons. He wants to send millions of people to GITMO. He wants stop protests and ban the Muslim religion[6].
6- Trump appointed his party planned to head the largest housing authority in the nations[7].
7- Trump is using the government to enrich himself and his family. He has had the government promote and advertise his wife clothing line[9], and her book[10]. Trump used the government to help his brothers business get in on a government program[11]. He also appointed his son in law to a major government position when he had no experience. 
8- Trump ended an Obama era regulation that required finance workers to put consumer welfare first. This will make retirees 18 billion poorer each year[12].
9- Trump sigeds a bill allowing internet providers to see, sell and trade all your data[13].
10- Trump removes regulation that saves the economy money and reduces pollution because fossil fuel companies asked him to. This will increase methane pollution by 510,00 tons, smog by 210,00 tons etc[14].
11- Trumps housing secretary is against the fair housing act.
12- Trumps education secretary is against public education. She is sending tax dollars to religious for profit schools. 
13- Trump appointed Goldman Sach executive for the head treasury security job[15].

[1]https://www.thestreet.com/story/14259507/1/penalties-against-wall-street-firms-down-sharply-under-trump.html
[2]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/30/mika-brzezinski-joe-scarborough-donald-trump
[3]https://thinkprogress.org/trump-admin-obamacare-enrollment-state-marketplace-d8064210e501/
[4]http://prospect.org/article/house-gop-votes-deregulate-wall-street-and-gut-consumer-protections
[5]http://prospect.org/article/gop-eager-repeal-rule-allows-consumers-sue-conniving-banks
[6]http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/david-clarke-actual.html
[7]http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/06/26/ben_carson_appoints_trump_party_planner_lynne_patton_to_oversee_nation_s.html
[8]http://acasignups.net/17/05/19/no-biggie-just-cms-admin-verma-allegedly-trying-extort-insurance-carriers
[9]http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318668-top-obama-official-accuses-conway-of-breaking-the-law-with-ivanka
[10]https://thinkprogress.org/voice-of-america-promotes-ivanka-trump-book-2440300988ab
[11]http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/07/jared-kushner-helps-out-his-little-brother/
[12]http://thehill.com/regulation/labor/327445-trumps-fiduciary-delay-will-cost-retirees-28b-critics-say
[13]http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/31/1648860/-Republicans-put-your-internet-privacy-up-for-grabs-What-can-you-do-to-take-it-back
[14]https://thinkprogress.org/epa-delays-methane-emissions-rule-489fe284d405
[15]http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/29/1605348/-Trump-reportedly-taps-former-Goldman-Sachs-exec-Steven-Mnuchin-to-Drain-the-Swamp