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Trump Begins War on Elites by Giving Them Powerful Government Appointments (theshovel.com.au)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you want to drain a swamp, you have to begin by building a better swamp. The best swamp, some ecologists are saying they've never seen such a nice clean swamp, okay? When you're trying to drain a swamp, you have to fill it with the best- I know swamps, my uncle was a highly respected Swamp Thing, one of the best you've ever seen, so trust me, okay? I'm going to drain the swamp.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

9/10, there’s no way he’d use the word “ecologists”… “experts” maybe.

Also, way too short to be a real quote.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hearing his voice in my head was too much for me to keep writing. I had to bail.