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“Nunes...and Trump doing the work Sessions and Wray refuse to do.”

The constant anti-Sessions meme on FR has gotten so annoying.

What people fail to grasp is that Nunes, and others from the legislative branch, are exactly who should be spearheading the effort to bring corruption to light and to garner public support for bringing corrupt politicians to justice.

The problem is that the deep state corruption is 100% from the left, and largely Democrat. That means it’s politics. That means the Trump administration can’t lead the charge without creating the public perception of partisan politics.

As soon as Trump, his administration, his DOJ, his cabinet appear to be the driving force behind draining the swamp, the DNC and MSM are ready to pounce - ready to discredit it all as a partisan witch hunt.

All Trump and his team can do is provide a safe haven for whistleblowers and quietly build cases. All they can do is be consistent and loyal to legislators who speak out against corruption - but they can’t be seen as leading the charge.

A couple years from now, when we look back at all the swamp draining that took place in Trump’s first term, we’ll all realize it had to be largely Trump that made it possible.

But ironically, Trump’s challenge is to make sure he gets no credit for it at all- to make sure it is seen for what it really is, the will of the people.

Trump understands this dynamic and he’s playing his role perfectly.

I remember a scene in Hunt for Red October where the defecting Russian Sub commander (Connery) does a manuever (Crazy Ivan?) to draw the enemy heat seeking missiles around in a circle - the enemy ends up realizing too late that they’ve blown up their own sub.

That’s what Trump is doing - a Crazy Donald manuever - if we can be patient enough to let him play out the rest of his hand, one day the Democrats will check their traps and realize they’ve caught only other Democrats.