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How Trump Let the Swamp Drain Him

Potomac Fever Dream

President Trump promised to ‘drain the swamp.’ But after 100 days, it seems he just filled the same murky waters with a new set of creatures.

Lachlan Markay
Lachlan Markay 

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Lachlan Markay

Lachlan Markay

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