Perspective: Sustain the swamp! Hundreds of lobbyists swim through Trump’s administration.
President Trump during a campaign rally at the El Paso County Coliseum, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 8 at 8:41 AM When President Trump first incorporated his pledge to “drain the swamp” into his campaign speeches in October 2016, he told audiences that he’d been lukewarm on the slogan at first.
One might have thought at the time that Trump didn’t initially like the slogan because it was corny or off message. But now it seems fairer to assume that he didn’t like the slogan because he didn’t actually mind the swamp one bit. Data provided to The Post by the liberal organization American Bridge 21st Century identifies over 350 individuals who’ve worked as lobbyists who currently work in the administration, have worked in it or have been nominated to serve in Trump’s administration. Cumulatively, they’ve represented more than 2,800 companies at one point or another, according to lobbying registration documents.
We can look at this another way. There are 33 companies or organizations that each have at least five former lobbyists who made their way into the Trump administration. This is what the interplay of those firms and Trump administration agencies looks like.
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