Trump says "drain the swamp" was cute but no longer needed

[CPUd]

 

[TheCount]

Trump probably said it once in passing

I honestly can't tell if you're trolling or if you have really become a complete Trumpkin.

 

[dannno]

I honestly can't tell if you're trolling or if you have really become a complete Trumpkin.

I'd rather be a Trumpkin than some retard repeating mainstream media bullshit on a daily basis.

It turns out that when you assume 98% of what the media says is a complete lie, you end up being pretty well informed of what isn't true.

 

[Ender]

Trump probably said it once in passing, then the media repeated it 80 million times.

He's said it a few times and not in passing. It was his main focus in his Colorado speech in Oct and he has had it on his website:

Trump Pledges To Drain The Swamp And Impose Congressional Term Limits

There is another major announcement I am going to make today as part of our pledge to drain the swamp in Washington. If I am elected President, I will push for a Constitutional Amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.

Decades of failure in Washington, and decades of special interest dealing, must come to an end. We have to break the cycle of corruption, and we have to give new voices a chance to go into government service. The time for Congressional term limits has arrived.

...

If we let the Clinton Cartel run this government, history will record that 2017 was the year America lost its independence.

We will not let that happen.

It is time to drain the swamp in Washington, D.C.

That is why I am proposing a package of ethics reforms to make our government honest once again.

First: I am going to institute a 5-year ban on all executive branch officials lobbying the government after they leave government service.

Second: I am going to ask Congress to institute its own 5-year ban on lobbying by former members of Congress and their staffs.

Third: I am going to expand the definition of lobbyist so we close all the loopholes that former government officials use by labeling themselves consultants and advisors when we all know they are lobbyists.

Fourth: I am going to issue a lifetime ban against senior executive branch officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government.

Fifth: I am going to ask Congress to pass a campaign finance reform that prevents registered foreign lobbyists from raising money in American elections.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/trump-pledges-to-drain-the-swamp

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Donald Trump on Tuesday pushed a package of ethics reforms he said would "drain the swamp" of Washington, D.C., including strict limitations on lobbying and a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on Congress.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...springs-ethics-lobbying-limitations/92377656/

 

[TheCount]

I'd rather be a Trumpkin than some retard repeating mainstream media bullshit on a daily basis.

It turns out that when you assume 98% of what the media says is a complete lie, you end up being pretty well informed of what isn't true.

You don't have to rely on the mainstream media. There's plenty of video of Trump starting chants of drain the swamp at various rallies, as well as generally using the phrase. And of course his website.

Intentionally burying your head in the sand won't stop things from being true.

 

[silverhandorder]

Lol triggering. Triggering all over.

All the moves he took so far look to me like he is draining the swamp. Put in our people in top positions.

 

[ChristianAnarchist]

I'd rather be a Trumpkin than some retard repeating mainstream media bull$#@! on a daily basis.

It turns out that when you assume 98% of what the media says is a complete lie, you end up being pretty well informed of what isn't true.

I, for one do not need ANY "media" (be it establishment or "fake news") to tell me Trump will be the same-ol-same-ol. I have Thousands of years of history to back me up as well as my own personal experience and observations over some 60 plus years. I chuckle when I hear the Trump supporters tinkle their pants dreaming of all the great things he's going to do. We will revisit this in a year or two and see what changes he's initiated...

 

[Jamesiv1]

because New Gingrich said so? HAHAHA!!!!

the fakest of fake news

 

[Madison320]

Let's give the guy a chance and wait until he actually takes office. There's a couple things I'm watching for. In March we hit the debt ceiling. Let's see what happens there. We could have a balanced budget, all they have to do is enforce the debt ceiling. Second, when the economy starts its epic crash, due to record amounts of stimulus, what does Trump do? Will he double down on more stimulus? Or let the depression run its course, allow banks to fail, partially default on the debt, etc.

 

[Jamesiv1]

Let's give the guy a chance and wait until he actually takes office.

nah.... that's no fun.

Let's sit around and throw stones, call him names, guarantee he's only going to do bad things

hell, let's cuss him up one side and down the other before he even gets sworn in!!! HELLZ YEAH!!!!!!!

GOLDMANN SACHS!! GOLDMANN SACHS!!! GOLDMANN SACHS!!!!

 

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[newbitech]

good, about time that retarded meme was handled properly.

According to etymologist Barry Popik,[SUP][10][/SUP] “drain the swamp” was originally used metaphorically in 1903 by Social Democratic Party organizer Winfield R. Gaylord in a letter discussing how socialists wish to deal with big business:
“Socialists are not satisfied with killing a few of the mosquitoes which come from the capittalist [sic] swamp; they want to drain the swamp.

 

[nikcers]

I never saw that argument against the Iran deal. Trump said part of the Iran deal is if Iran gets attacked we have to protect them. Then he even qualifies this by saying what if Israel attacks Iran are we going to attack Israel? No wonder people like Bolton who advocate for Israel to nuke Iran love Trump.

 

[UWDude]

So, real news is Trump didn't say that, fake news is Trump did say it.

Fake news, fake thread title.

Gingrich said it, not Trump.

 

[dannno]

So, real news is Trump didn't say that, fake news is Trump did say it.

Fake news, fake thread title.

Gingrich said it, not Trump.

Anti-Trump thread titles have about a 5% accuracy rate.

 

[Jim Casey]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/newt-gingirch-trump-drain-the-swamp-232878

Gingrich also suggested that Trump should quickly find a transparent solution to concerns about conflicts of interest between his presidency and the massive business empire he has pledged to hand over to his kids once he takes office. The former House speaker said putting such complex assets into a blind trust, the arrangement generally promised by presidents, would be “an absurdity” for Trump but that some other "common-sense" arrangement will be necessary.

Newt seems pretty upset that blind trusts are as scalable as they are.

 

[dannno]

Here's what I don't get. If Obama is so anti-Israel, what's with the Syria and Libyan wars? What's with helping fund ISIS to destabilize countries Israel doesn't like?

Obviously Trump has a lot of Jewish friends, that is the nature of his business. Certainly it is plausible he may be calling in favors (or not). And I'm not totally comfortable with all of his rhetoric on Israel, I still just can't imagine he is any worse than Hillary in any particular area including this one.

But ya that video wasn't very good, only raised a few issues that have to do with what I addressed already.

 

[nikcers]

Here's what I don't get. If Obama is so anti-Israel, what's with the Syria and Libyan wars? What's with helping fund ISIS to destabilize countries Israel doesn't like?

Obviously Trump has a lot of Jewish friends, that is the nature of his business. Certainly it is plausible he may be calling in favors (or not). And I'm not totally comfortable with all of his rhetoric on Israel, I still just can't imagine he is any worse than Hillary in any particular area including this one.

But ya that video wasn't very good, only raised a few issues that have to do with what I addressed already.

The MIC thinks that Israel is just as great of menace in the middle east. Signing the Iran agreement said we would protect Iran if they got attacked, which meant that we would not let Israel Bomb Iran. Trump basically campaigned on "having Israel's back" and ending the Iran deal on day one. This is why he advocates for people like John Bolton for SoS. When Russia started putting out propaghanda on RT about Bolton wanting to bomb Iran Trump responded by announcing EXXON CEO Rex Tillerson, which basically was saying that Russia will have to sit down and shut up or they don't get any more oil. Trump basically just threatened to do what he campaigned on, "take the oil" and he is doing it.

 

[devil21]

So, real news is Trump didn't say that, fake news is Trump did say it.

Fake news, fake thread title.

Gingrich said it, not Trump.

So you are saying that Newt, a close advisor, is lying? I'm as skeptical of msm as anyone but you're claiming fake news when it is NEWT who said that he was told that Trump no longer has use for the phrase. Hearsay yes, but fake? It's not fake news. You're suggesting NEWT is lying, not the media. Fake NEWT perhaps. It came from Newt's mouth on NPR. Explain yourself.

 

[UWDude]

So you are saying that Newt, a close advisor, is lying?

No, I am saying you are lying, because your thread title says Trump said it, and he didn't.