Fresh off the heels of Deep Republican Thinker Newt Gingrich noting that Donald Trump "now disclaims" his earlier promise to "drain the swamp" in Washington, former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reiterated the message: Draining swamps is just not something Donald Trump is that into these days.
“If you had to put them in a chronological order, drain the swamp is probably somewhere down at the bottom,” Lewandowski said of the refrain on “Fox & Friends,” adding that “what it’s really about is putting people back to work.”
“As opposed to getting tax reform done, making sure middle-class people have more jobs, making sure we’re renegotiating our bad trade deals, ensuring that we’re fixing ObamaCare,” the long-time aide and surrogate continued.
Shorter Lewandowski: I mean sure, maybe after all that other stuff gets done we'll get back to campaign-era bullshit promise No. 28, but right now there's a list and it ain't on page one. Or two. Or 10.
Mind you, this may have something to do with Lewandowski just yesterday opening his very own lobbying firm right in the middle of the swamp. But whatever Donald Trump's various faults are, Donald Trump is keenly aware of one thing: The only way bullshit continues to work is if you don't openly pipe up declaring it to be bullshit. So Trump furiously took to Twitter to make it known that his various buds and surrogates were speaking out of turn. Disregard the most recent bullshit; the bullshit before that bullshit is still in effect!
Which immediately resulted in Newt Gingrich skittering directly to Twitter to declare that he now thought whatever bullshit Trump thought and is sorry for ever implying any contrary bullshit. (If you've never seen a man shamelessly try to crawl into a rich man's pocket, you're in for a treat.)
All right, so who should we believe? Old Newt? New Newt? Lobbyist Lewandowski? Ol' Tiny Thumbs? It's impossible to say. We'll just have to keep watching what they do, as opposed to what they say, and what they are doing is filling the administration with Wall Street tycoons, business cronies, and Trump donors. The swamp seems to be doing quite fine under Trump so far. Swamptastic as ever.