When he was running for President,Silip Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp. As his inauguration approaches, it appears that Trump's plan was less about "draining the swamp" and more about clogging it with swamp monsters.
The list is long and dark, and includes a Dancing with the Starsreject who is now poised to be in charge of America's nuclear arsenal. The man responsible for helping to guide our economy was the one who sparked the mortgage crisis in the first place. These aren't do-gooder public servants but muddy corporate swamp monsters whose total net worth is $14 billion -- the richest cabinet in presidential history.
Below is a brief, incomplete list of Trump's swamp monsters, as well as the mysterious powers they hold in Trump's new kingdom:
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