The list of shuffled embeds and hold overs gets only slightly longer.
The list of fired embeds and hold overs is still blank.
We got Comey and we got Yates, both fired for cause. That’s two peas over at the FBI.
Trump was allowed to pick his cabinet and make changes at the top, of the federal departments, but below the department heads, the beast with legs is still running the game.
Peter pooh is but one example. McCabe is another. Rubenstein is another. Their underling teams are still sliding down the hall ways and swinging to the outside. Look at Mueller.
The assumption is that NO ONE gets fired. After ten months, 12 months, no one is actually missing.
There is a way to do this, but I would lay money the GOP isn’t up for it.
When JFK became President, the Bureau of the Budget was full of longstanding Republican staff. They were pretty much unable to be fired and replaced.
So what JFK and his Congressional allies did was abolish BoB and replace it with the Office of management and Budget — OMB. Then they stocked OMB with their people.
You really want to drain the swamp? Start eliminating agencies, bureaus, commissions, and departments. Replace those that need to be replaced; don’t replace the others. Staff the new agencies with anti-swampers.
But as I said, the GOP isn’t up to it. they don’t have the cajones to try it.