During his presidential Donald Trump repeatedly said that he
would `drain the swamp`. He was referring to the establishment running the
Congress and Senate of the United States. So far his promise seems to be
unfulfilled, and his efforts are about to get worse.
In my book Conservatives: Dead or Alive? I wrote that Mitt
Romney blew his chances to become President when he did not rebut Obama in his
last debate. Instead of attacking Obama when he was rebuked for saying that
‘Russia was the greatest threat to the U.S’ he remained silent. At this point
his election was doomed. However, I also said that he may return in 2016 to
challenge Hillary Clinton, but he did not. When Trump threw his hat into the
Republican primary, Mitt Romney immediately called him a ‘Fraud’ and became a
member of the “No Trump” cabal.
In a twist of fate, when Romney ran for President he called
on Trump to support him, but in a change of heart and sheer jealousy he did not
reciprocate. Despite their differences, Trump considered Romney for a potential
position as Secretary of State, but that is water under the bridge. Since then,
President Trump has had quite a few achievements: a growing economy,
getting rid of numerous regulations, the
defeat of ISIS, higher employment for everybody including Hispanics and African-Americans,
and lower taxes, to name but a few. Most
people would not recognize these achievements since they are not widely
reported in the liberal media. Instead the media has focused on collusion with
Russia and other administrative snafus.
To achieve these goals Trump has had to deal with many
obstacles. The Democrats still reeling after the Clinton defeat have no
intention of collaborating, but his worst opponents have included some members of his own party led by
Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. These two stalwarts of the Republican Party
have done everything to obstruct many of Trump’s agenda. McCain in a grand
standing display on the Senate floor stopped the repeal of Obamacare. Graham who had been trying to get on the
President’s good side, for a while, did not support Trump’s proposal to get rid
of DACA and improve the existing United States immigration morass. Remember
that these two Senators both tried to become President at one time or another.
In a disastrous campaign against Obama, McCain lost in 2008. As for Graham he
tried to run in 2016, but received less than 1% in the GOP primary. In other
words they are two losers in the eyes of the American electorate.
Re-enter Mitt Romney on February 16, 2018, when he announced
his intentions to run in the vacated Senate seat in Utah. It was speculated
that when Senator Orrin Hatch retired that Romney would try to replace him. Now
it is official, he will do so and more than probably will win the race and
enter the Senate. In his announcement to run, while Romney avoided direct onslaughts
on Trump he did say: Utah welcomes legal
immigrants from around the world -- Washington sends immigrants a message of
exclusion. And on Utah's Capitol Hill, people treat one another with
respect." This statement is a direct hit on Trump’s intention to reform
the immigration system that has plagued the country and many former presidents
who have tried to do so.
If Washington needs
reform, Romney will not be the one to help doing so. In fact, in my opinion, he
will join the other two losers, McCain and Graham, and oppose many if not all
of Trump’s efforts to ‘drain the swamp’. He has already been endorsed by his
former running mate Speaker Ryan, and will no doubt be endorsed by many others
in the party who see Trump as a disruptor and enemy of the establishment. So
where does all this lead us to?
There is my point of view and opinion: Romney will be
elected to the Senate, and in the year’s leading to the 2020 Presidential
primary he will play nice but oppose Trump when his vote may not be needed to
pass legislation. Then in a move reminiscent of Edward Kennedy’s attempt to
become president, Romney will challenge Trump in the primary and if he wins the
swamp will survive to the applause of the establishment, the RINOs and the
left.
The moral of this piece is that we should beware of larger
alligators entering the swamp; they usually eat their young - just like Conservatives
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