Former President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims he failed to 'drain the swamp' during his first term in the White House.
Former President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims he failed to"drain the swamp" during his first term in the White House.
Fox News's Maria Bartiromo told Trump in an interview on Sunday Morning Futures that he"didn't drain the swamp" like he claimed he would. Trump refuted her claim, saying he"fired" a number of people.“I fired [former FBI Director James] Comey. I fired a lot of people. A lot of the people I had, I fired. I fired Comey very early. And, you know, there was a question as to whether or not you could. But I fired Comey.
Bartiromo asked Trump about his track record of hiring staff that later have spoken out against him, such as former Attorney General Bill Barr, or former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and what he would do differently if he gets a second term. “The mistake would be people,” Trump said — referring to some of his personnel moves. ” I mean, I wouldn’t have put a guy like Bill Barr and he was weak and pathetic. I wouldn’t have put [former Attorney General] Jeff Sessions. And there are some people that I wouldn’t have put in. You know, most people were good, but I had some people… we had [former Secretary of Defense] Mark Esper. I didn’t like him. He was incompetent. I thought we had other people I didn’t like.
A RealClearPolitics analysis of recent polls shows Trump leading in all of them, with an RCP average of 53%. He holds a 32.4% lead against Gov. Ron DeSantis, who polls at 20.6%.
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