Members of Washington’s Republican establishment are particularly well placed to profit from political turmoil with the Republican Party soon to be in control of the White House and both houses of Congress. Trent Lott, a former leader of the party in the Senate who works for Squire Patton Boggs, a lobbying firm, told the New York Times, “he is going to need some people to help guide him through the swamp—how do you get in and how you get out?” “We are prepared to help do that,” he added. Such people are also well positioned to profit from the fact that Mr Trump has fewer seasoned Washington hands in his entourage than any recent president-elect. The lobbying shops are already promising to help the incoming neophytes draft regulations and laws.