President Trump is discovering the perils of an outsider trying to drain the DC swamp. It is filled with alligators.

There are the Lobbyist Gators. The Lawyer and Think Tank Gators. The PR and Political Consultant Gators. The Congressional and Pollster Gators. There are the Media Gators, Federal Bureaucrat Gators, and the Special Interest Group Gators.

All of the Gators have one goal in common – self-preservation and advancement. And, they do not like outsiders disturbing their swamp. The Gators like to congregate, eat together in restaurants and each other's homes. They attend receptions and parties together, and some even sleep together. They share gossip, stories, and sources. They become sources for each other – unnamed source, Capitol Hill source and officials who ask not to be identified. Their mutual goals of self-preservation and advancement make them desperately want to be included. So, they sing off the same song sheet. The current popular tune is "Dump on Trump." The swamp is where the GOP "Never Trump" movement was born, and the "Resist Trump" movement prospered.

The ultimate in 'gator-wallows' is the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

I have been to a few of these, and it is the epitome of the Washington establishment elite congregating to see who is "IN" and checking who the unfortunate were who did not get invited.

The gator mouthpiece is the Washington Post. Gators believe if it is on the "Post" it must be true and therefore run with it in conversations all over town and news articles across the country. I find it more than a little ironic that the owner of this anti-Trump Rag is Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. Since the election, while his newspaper has been beating up on Trump, the 'Trump Rally' on Wall Street has increased his fortune by $15 Billion to more than $80 Billion.

I wonder if he is willing to release his tax return?

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