Once upon a time, President Trump pledged to “drain the swamp.”
This resonated with lots of Americans, who resented the ecosystem of interest groups rigging government in their favor: corrupt officials, revolving-door lobbyists, palm-greasing executives and the network of pseudo-think tanks and analysts funded by industries trying to pass off propaganda as impartial research.
In other words, those who use money and access to accumulate more money and access.
View the complete August 8 article by Catherine Rampell on The Washington Post website here.