Even though Donald Trump has been shunned by former President George W. Bush, a number of Bush veteran officials have been appointed top jobs in the Trump administration--which makes it very difficult for President Trump to "drain the swamp", which he called for during the 2016 presidential campaign. The Associated Press has reported that Trump has appointed three dozen former officials from the Bush administration in positions involving scheduling to implementing foreign policy. They are part of the Republican Old Guard which have been part of rhe problem during the George W. Bush administration many years ago. There was outright hostility between the Bush's and Trump when he tore into Jeb Bush during the primaries dubbing Bush as "low-energy" and tearing into the kind of orthodoxy that was enacted in "Bush era" policies.
Some of the Bush veterans in Trump's administration are Elaine Chao, former Labor Secretary under Bush who is now the Transportation Secretary. Dina Powell, the deputy national security adviser who oversaw presidential personnel and and later served in Bush's state department as an assistant secretary under Condoleezza Rice. Even the president's schedule and day-to-day operations are seen by Joe Hagin, a former member of Bush's inner circle. Recently, Trump nominated Kristjen Nielsen to be the next Department of Homeland Security Secretary. She served in the Bush administration and she's very pro-amnesy and is opposed to the building of a border wall. I know the globalists control the agenda, but the Trump agenda is going to be greatly hindered, to say the least, with those kind of leftovers in his administration. Mr. President, if you believe in the "America First" agenda as you propagated it during your campaign, then you must appoint officials who support what you say you believe. Otherwise, it will be the same business-as-usual as always.
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