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Donald Trump On D.C.: ‘The Whole Place is One Big Lobbyist’ |
2016-11-15 |
[BREITBART] President-elect Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... says he wants to drain the swamp of Washington D.C., but he admits in a recent interview that he might have to rely on lobbyists to help his transition team. During an interview with CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl, Trump admitted that he did have lobbyists on his team, but explained that it was the current state of the culture in Washington D.C. "Everybody’s a lobbyist down there," he said. "We’re doing a lot of things to clean up the system. But everybody that works for government, they then leave government and they become a lobbyist, essentially. I mean, the whole place is one big lobbyist." During Trump’s presidential campaign, he promised to institute a five year ban on White House and Congressional officials becoming lobbyists after leaving government service. He also promised to create a lifetime ban of White House officials lobbying for a foreign government. Trump indicated he would need politically connected people to help him know the system, even if they were lobbyists. "I’m saying that they know the system right now, but we’re going to phase that out," he said during the 60 Minutes interview. "You have to phase it out." |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 Yes, it is. However, the real lobbyists, congresscritters, are suppose to represent the people who choose to elect them, not the money people or special interest groups that have overrun the place. Dear Donald, please stay at Trump Towers, and make the vermin come to you. Move the 'flag pole'. How many Department and agency minions want to be constantly on the train, plane, automobile to NYC every day? Let alone lobbyists who have homes in the DC suburbs. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-11-15 08:03 |
#3 #2 “Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. As in "poke him with a stick?" |
Posted by: JohnQC 2016-11-15 07:56 |
#2 “Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War |
Posted by: GORT 2016-11-15 07:53 |
#1 Trump indicated he would need politically connected people to help him know the system, even if they were lobbyists. Set a thief ...? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-11-15 06:04 |