Hate of the status quo maybe ... see what they got:
Quote:
President Donald J. Trump’s White House granted 14 waivers of its ethics rules, including to top advisers on politics and energy issues, allowing them to weigh in on matters that could affect their own financial interests and those of their former employers and clients, according to documents the administration released today.
The waivers, issued by the White House Counsel’s office, allow administration appointees to take part in decisions from which federal ethics rules and Trump’s own policies would require them to recuse.
The documents show that hiring former lobbyists and political operatives with long client lists has sometimes required Trump’s White House to choose between its ethics pledge -- which would prevent workers from dealing with matters involving former clients -- and the use of its employees. The administration released the waivers in response to a request from the government’s federal ethics agency.
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...h-past-clients
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Drain the swamp and bring the new snakes in.
Meantime, in the UK;
Brexit and the Trump effect are in play here.
Doing things like hail mary passes in desperation overwhelmingly do not work -- they are recipes in the face of defeat.