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Spoiler alert: Contrary to his stated intentions, President Donald Trump has not drained the swamp, but has in fact amplified D.C. corruption and special-interest powercurrently, more than 300 lobbyists have seats in his administrationunseen in modern times. The Swamp understands and exposes this fact, and yet Daniel DiMauro and Morgan Pehmes HBO documentary (premiering August 4) nonetheless tackles the issue of politics and money via a decidedly wishy-washy look at three of Trumps staunchest faux-renegade GOP congressional acolytes: Colorados Ken Buck, Kentuckys Thomas Massie and Floridas perpetually sycophantic Matt Gaetz.
Its Gaetz wholl likely be best known to viewers, thanks to a series of headline-making (and social media-inflaming) stunts, including tweeting out a not-so-veiled threat to congressional witness (and former Trump attorney) Michael Cohen, and leading a group of rabble-rousing Republicans on a raid of a closed-door impeachment hearing deposition. A perpetual fixture on Fox News, where he parrots Trump talking points in the most extremist fashion imaginable, hes a young, eager go-getter whos hitched his post to the current commander-in-chief. Thats certainly the figure depicted by DiMauro and Pehmes film, which captures him articulating his staunch support in personal phone calls to the president (and is told, in return, Youre doing fantastic
youre tough and smart and you have the look), as well as stating outright I love him so much. Throughout the film, Gaetz is repeatedly seen fawning all over Trump, receiving marching orders from the president and delivering near-daily progress reports. When Trump calls him handsome, the congressman acts like hes won the lottery.
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Dont have HBO so I hope anyone who does checks it out.