Trump’s Deep Swamp
By
Stephen Lendman
April
19, 2017 "Information
Clearing House"
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The
only positive news about his first three
months in office is things would have been
worse under Hillary - both choices
deplorable, polar opposite what’s vitally
needed.
Trump’s swamp is more infested than earlier
ones under his predecessors - filled with
reckless warmakers, crooked billionaires,
Wall Street predators, corporate scoundrels
making administration policy decisions, and
over 200 corporate bosses meeting with him
face-to-face at the White House alone.
His
agenda aims to make America greater than
ever for its wealthy, powerful and
privileged - ordinary people fed lip service
only, meaningless promises, ignored as soon
as made.
On April 17, a
Public Citizen
report headlined “Corporate Executives Swamp
the White House” - over 200 so far meeting
with Trump, on average over two daily.
“Counting repeat attendees, he has had at
least 222 corporate executive meetings” -
besides numerous conversations with others,
notably wealthy donors and giant corporate
heads.
“Since
the November 8 election, (he) met with at
least 224 corporate executives,” mostly in
groups, individuals “shap(ing)”
administration policies, said Public
Citizen.
He’s
met with others at his Mar-a-Lago Palm
Beach, Florida resort. Many gatherings and
individual meetings reflect his aim to help
specific corporate sectors - including Wall
Street, defense contractors, automotive, Big
Pharma, agribusiness, tech giants,
healthcare insurers and others.
One in
every five executives he met represents
predatory banking or finance.
Days
earlier, his administration said it’ll no
longer disclose logs on White House, Mar-a-Lago
or Trump Tower visitors. What is he trying
to hide?
According to Public Citizen president Robert
Weissman, he “asked America’s CEOs for
marching orders, and in meeting after
meeting, they are happily issuing
instructions.”
“As
best anyone can decipher what's going on at
the White House, the CEOs are in charge now
- and they are predictably advocating their
narrow, short-term profitability interests,
not what’s in America’s interest.”
He
“not only has betrayed the promises of
candidate Trump by failing to break up the
special-interest monopoly in Washington, DC,
he has invited the special interests into
the White House and asked them for guidance
on how to deepen and perpetuate their
monopoly.”
America’s deplorable state got worse on his
watch - in record time. What’s likely coming
should terrify and engage everyone.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be
reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. His
new book as editor and contributor is titled
"Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for
Hegemony Risks WW III."
The
views expressed in this article are solely those
of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of Information Clearing House.
