Drain the swamp? Originally, it was not a common language, but after contacting Trump, the word began to appear frequently in newspapers, and became one of the slogans of Trump and his supporters together with the three buzzwords of "lock her up", "manipulated" and "building a wall".

Draining the swamp can be simply interpreted as Trump's promise to his supporters during the campaign: to fundamentally change the political ecology of Washington. Drain literally means drain, which means drain the liquid slowly. Swamp is similar to the quagmire mentioned above, which refers to swamp and wetland.

Draining the swamp means draining the swamp. The word originated in the era when malaria spread on a large scale in Europe and America. Swamp environment is easy to breed mosquitoes, which are the main vectors of malaria virus transmission. In order to control the spread of malaria, it has been suggested that it is not enough to kill mosquitoes alone, but also to drain the swamp and fundamentally eliminate the source of malaria infection.

At the beginning of the 20th century, socialists began to use draining the capitalist swamp as a metaphor for a way to fundamentally eliminate capitalism.

"Socialists are not satisfied with killing some mosquitoes from the capitalist swamp; They want to drain the swamp. "

"Socialists will never be satisfied with killing a few mosquitoes-these mosquitoes grow in the swamp of capitalism and they want to drain the swamp." Interestingly, a century later, "draining the swamp" became the campaign slogan of capitalist Trump. It was mentioned in the previous article "Trump once opposed political lobbyists, but now he has included them in the team".

This year 10, Trump announced that "it's time to drain the Washington swamp." He promised to establish a five-year ban to prevent all administrative officials from interfering and lobbying government decision-making after leaving office. This remark has gradually expanded into a political slogan, which is increasingly interpreted as Trump's comprehensive challenge to the existing political system as a political newcomer.

Peter Wehner, who worked for Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, put it this way: "As an outsider, Trump's concept of destroying the political system and draining the swamp is consistent with his identity as an opponent-he has always been exposed like this. But he failed the first exam, and he should be responsible for it. "

"He is an outsider, trying to destroy political institutions and drain the swamp. This whole idea is a liar's line. Guess what-that's how he was exposed. He failed the first test, and he should be responsible for it. "

Peter Weiner's "failing the exam" means that Trump has included many officials who were originally classified as political swamps into the team to help him deal with the transition work. This obviously violates his previous promise to his supporters.