Drain the Swamp: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Summary

Summary

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The speaker is a comedian who criticizes Donald Trump for failing to "drain the swamp" of corruption in Washington D.C. He gives examples of how Trump's appointees to the EPA, the CFPB and the Department of the Interior have strong ties to the industries they are supposed to regulate and have rolled back safety and environmental rules. He mocks Trump for admitting that he only used the phrase "drain the swamp" because it was popular with his supporters, not because he meant it. He concludes that Trump has not cleaned up D.C., but made it worse.

Facts

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1. Donald Trump won a Razzie award in 1991 for his supporting role in the film Ghosts Can't Do It.
2. One of his signature campaign promises was to "drain the swamp" of corruption and special interests in Washington D.C.
3. Many of his political appointees have strong industry ties and have been working to roll back regulations that affect their former employers or clients.
4. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is in charge of safety on offshore oil rigs and was created after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, which spilled over 130 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
5. Scott Angelle, the current head of BSEE, is a former oil lobbyist who gave out his cell phone number to industry executives and urged them to call him as a business opportunity.
6. Trump admitted that he hated the phrase "drain the swamp" at first and only used it because it caught on with his supporters.