Sunday, November 30, 2025

Drain the D. C. swamp? Au contraire. Trump has filled it to overflowing

 
Headline:  New York Times
Sacks photo credit:  Wikipedia (drained of color)

Cecilia Kang, Tripp Mickle, Ryan Mac, David Yaffe-Bellany, and Theodore Schleifer report:
“The guest of honor was President Trump, who unveiled an A.I. Action Plan” that was drafted in part by Mr. Sacks, a longtime venture capitalist. In a nearly hourlong speech, Mr. Trump declared that A.I. was “one of the most important technological revolutions in the history of the world.” Then he picked up his pen and signed executive orders to fast-track the industry. 
Almost everyone in the high-powered audience — which included the chief executives of the chipmakers Nvidia and AMD, as well as Mr. Sacks’s tech friends, colleagues and business partners — were poised to profit from Mr. Trump’s directives. [emphasis added]

Related posts:
2025

GET ME REWRITE: Thanks to Donald Trump and his swarming squad of swamp rats, 'a lot of bad things are happening'.   (2/21)

2019
And you have failed miserably, Donald Trump.  (12/7)
What is the opposite of 'drain the swamp'?  (1/25)
The latest Donald Trump swamp thing.  (1/18)
What is the opposite of 'drain the swamp'?  (1/15)

2018
The Trump Swamp is full of lobbyist-related critters.  (7/18)
What is the opposite of drain the swamp?  (5/14)
Swamp thing Scott Pruitt and his lobbyist buddy ride the Marrakesh Express.  (5/2)
UPDATE. Dear Coral and Lisa, Analysts? How about 'anti-environment Republican' and 'energy industry shill'?  (4/29)
No drainage here UPDATE: Scott Pruitt fills the swamp a 24/7 gushing hose.  (4/3)

2017
Like a swamp after an extended downpour, Donald Trump's Washington D.C. is flooding.  (11/15)
Siding with Wall Street, GOP continues to fill the swamp.  (10/25)
Trump administration plans to flood the for-profit colleges swamp.  (10/1)
UPDATE. More than 4 months into his presidency, Trump blathers about draining the swamp.  (6/8)
Swamp critter of the Trump administration: Geoffrey Burr, Dept. of Transportation chief of staff.  (6/7)


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