{"id":1974719,"date":"2023-07-16T19:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T23:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-rejects-idea-that-he-didnt-drain-the-swamp-in-first-term\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T19:27:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T23:27:20","slug":"donald-trump-rejects-idea-that-he-didnt-drain-the-swamp-in-first-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-rejects-idea-that-he-didnt-drain-the-swamp-in-first-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump denies not &#8216;draining the swamp&#8217; in first term."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-rejects-idea-that-he-didnt-drain-the-swamp-in-first-term%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974719&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former \u2062President \u200bDonald Trump \u2064Fires \u2062Back at\u2062 Claims \u2064of\u2062 Failing\u200c to &#8220;Drain the \u2063Swamp&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Former\u200b President \u2063Donald Trump \u200dis\u200b not one \u200dto \u2062shy \u200daway\u2063 from defending his actions,\u2064 especially when \u200cit comes\u200c to\u2063 his\u200c promise \u200bof &#8220;draining the \u200bswamp&#8221;\u200b during\u200b his first term in the White \u200cHouse. In a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> with \u2062Fox News&#8217;s \u2062Maria \u200cBartiromo on\u200d Sunday Morning Futures, \u200cTrump pushed \u2064back\u200c against the \u2063notion that \u200che\u200b didn&#8217;t fulfill \u2063this\u2064 promise.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I fired [former FBI\u2063 Director James] Comey. \u200cI fired a \u2062lot of people.\u200b A lot of the\u2063 people I\u2063 had, I\u200b fired.\u200c I \u2062fired \u2064Comey very\u200d early. \u200cAnd, you know, there \u2062was \u2062a \u2063question\u2064 as\u200d to\u200b whether or\u200d not you \u200bcould.\u2062 But I\u2064 fired Comey. If I didn\u2019t fire\u200c Comey,\u2064 I\u2063 don\u2019t think I\u2062 would \u2062have been\u200b able to\u200b serve out my\u2062 term\u2063 because that\u2064 was \u200ca\u2062 plot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bartiromo,\u2062 not one \u200bto back down,\u2062 questioned \u2064Trump \u200cabout his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-anyone-more-annoying-or-treacherous-than-barack-obama\/\" title=\"Is Anyone More Annoying or Treacherous than Barack Obama?\">track record<\/a> \u200dof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-rejects-idea-that-he-didnt-drain-the-swamp-in-first-term\/\" title=\"Trump denies not 'draining the swamp' in first term.\">hiring \u2064staff members<\/a> \u2063who\u200b later spoke\u200c out \u2064against\u2062 him, \u200bsuch\u200d as \u2062former Attorney\u2064 General\u2064 Bill \u2064Barr and\u2064 former Secretary \u2064of\u200b Defense Mark Esper. \u2062She \u2062asked \u2063what he\u2064 would\u2063 do \u200bdifferently \u200cif \u2063given\u2063 a\u2063 second\u2063 term.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The \u200dmistake \u2063would be people,&#8221; Trump responded, referring to some \u2064of\u2063 his\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-democrats-want-change-from-the-biden-white-house\/\" title=\"Report: Democrats Want Change from the Biden White House\">personnel choices<\/a>. \u200c&#8221;I mean, I wouldn\u2019t\u200c have \u200dput \u200da guy like\u200c Bill \u200cBarr, he\u2064 was weak\u200d and\u200c pathetic. \u200bI\u200b wouldn\u2019t \u2064have put [former \u2064Attorney\u200d General]\u2063 Jeff Sessions. \u200cAnd there are some \u200dpeople that \u2062I wouldn\u2019t \u2064have\u200d put in.\u2064 You know, \u2062most people\u200b were good, but I \u200bhad \u200dsome \u2064people\u2026 \u2063we\u200c had \u200c[former Secretary of \u2064Defense] \u200cMark \u200bEsper. I\u2062 didn\u2019t like \u2062him. \u2062He \u2062was incompetent. \u200dI thought we had other people \u200cI didn\u2019t\u200d like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bartiromo pressed further, asking why\u2064 Trump appointed these individuals in\u200d the first place.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I didn\u2019t \u200dknow \u200bthe \u200bpeople,&#8221; Trump \u2064admitted. \u200c&#8221;I know the\u200b people \u200cnow better \u200cthan anybody \u2063has \u2064ever known. \u200bThe\u2062 people I \u2064know, \u200bthe good\u200c ones, the\u2064 bad \u2064ones,\u2064 the\u2063 dumb \u200cones, the smart ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the\u2062 ongoing \u200cdebates \u200cand criticisms, Trump\u200b remains \u2064non-committal\u200d about attending\u2064 the first\u2063 Republican presidential\u200c candidate debate. \u200bWith \u200ca\u2062 substantial \u2064lead ahead of other \u200bGOP candidates, \u200bhe believes he doesn&#8217;t\u200d need \u2064to \u200dparticipate.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s \u2064Strong \u2064Lead \u2063in\u200b Recent \u200dPolls<\/h3>\n<p>A\u2064 recent \u2063analysis\u2063 by RealClearPolitics\u2062 shows\u2063 that Trump\u200c is\u200d leading\u2064 in\u2063 all the polls, \u200cwith\u200b an RCP average\u2063 of\u200b 53%. His closest\u200d competitor,\u2063 Gov. Ron \u200bDeSantis, \u200ctrails behind \u200cwith 20.6%.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s\u2064 clear \u200bthat \u2063Trump\u2062 is \u2063not\u2062 one\u2063 to \u2064back\u2064 down \u2064from defending \u200chis \u200cactions\u200b and beliefs.\u200d Whether\u200b or\u200b not \u200dhe ultimately attends \u2063the debate, \u200bhis strong\u2062 lead \u2063in\u2062 the polls\u2063 speaks volumes \u200dabout \u2064his\u2062 popularity \u2062among\u2064 Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p><a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click \u200chere<\/a>\u2062 to read more\u200d from The\u2062 Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump denies allegations of failing to &#8220;drain the swamp&#8221; during his first term. In an interview with Fox News&#8217;s Maria Bartiromo, he countered her statement by asserting that he had &#8220;fired&#8221; numerous individuals, implying his efforts to combat corruption and bureaucracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1974720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}