The White House is leaking
Swift may soon, perhaps should, find himself on the White House payroll. The Trump White House is indisputably the leakiest White House in modern times, perhaps ever, because of the seemingly daily release of information, some embarrassing, some downright lies, leaked to reporters.
Cabinet-level heads and West Wing staffers have, do and mostly likely will continue to leak facts and accounts of closed-door meetings. Even the White House Communications Department, which is supposed to control messaging, leaks.
Axion, the online news provider, even recently published an article about White House leaks and why the leakers leak.
President Donald J. Trump calls it all “fake news.”
Still, no one in President Trump’s orbit has been able to stop the leaks, not a new communications director, not a new press secretary and not a new chief of staff. That’s why Swift may have to be brought on board to plug the leaks.
Swift is the pitchman for Flex Seal, the amazing rubbery substance that stops leaks on “any surface.” One Flex Seal commercial has Swift cutting a metal boat in half, putting it back together with Flex tape and taking it back on water.
No leaks. The boat remains sea-worthy. Might be worth the White House bringing in Swift on staff to keep the Trump administration afloat.
But wait. Is Swift already stopping leaks for more than Flex Seal? Has Special Counsel Robert Mueller hired Swift? Mueller, probing collusion, corruption, money laundering and who knows what else related to the Trump presidential campaign and his time in office, has kept his high-profile investigation ongoing without leaks. Hmm.
Richard Ringer is a resident of Uniontown