[Steve_Seattle]

"Once Donald Trump won the election, many conservatives seemed to think that the war was won."

Actually, I've seen a lot of concern that the globalist/socialist anti-Trump forces haven't given up, and will do anything - up to and including assassination - to try to stop Trump and what he represents.

[TStro]

This is a concerted effort by the Washington establishment - both parties (establishments), bureaucrats, lobbyists, the intelligence community, the media - to protect their current scheme to enrich themselves. “Drain the swamp” - they are the swamp. Congress is a job for life, with golden parachutes we can only dream of. Bureaucrats are protected from accountability to an extent we dream of. They know it is all or nothing at this point. Keep your powder dry.