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Down the drain

Alex Daugherty’s July 12 Herald article, “Official who sought to remove Everglades from U.N. endangered list gets Trump job,” mentioned how former Bush employee, Todd Willens, has been reappointed as assistant deputy secretary in the Interior Department.

Now we know that President Trump intended a literal interpretation of “Drain The Swamp.”

Jeff Spiero, Hollywood

This story was originally published July 13, 2017 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Down the drain."

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