I keep seeing pundits saying Trump is betraying his promise to “Drain The Swamp”, but by now it should be abundantly clear that “The Swamp” does not refer to corruption in politics (because Trump abso-fucking-lutely EMBODIES corruption in politics), but rather to anyone in government in any capacity who might stop or even inhibit Trump’s policies in any way.

Thus, Vindman, Yovanovitch etc. standing up for the rule of law in the face of Trump’s abuse of power to convert the government of Ukraine into an arm of his reelection effort are “corrupt”, “traitors”, “the kind of people we elected Trump to get rid of”, while Bernie Kerik, who was convicted of the sleaziest of crooked cop dealings, is a hero.