I wished that Columbo could investigate the “swamp”. Note iI said wished.  Because Columbo would not be allowed to continue in his investigations; especially in LA.

Firstly, Columbo and Mrs. Columbo would get stymied by the 56 categories of sexual identity.  You see Columbo was moral.  He was a straight shooter  Columbo was a patriot.  He knew that evil was intelligent and survived because it corrupted others with money, sex and power.

Columbo looked at little things that did not match up.,  The incredible amount of information that would lay before him in the swamp would not be a challenge.  He would simply connect two dots and the case would be over.

But he would be fired, if not commit suicide with two bullets to the back of his head.  He would be overwhelmed with the the sordid immorality that he would uncover.  Heck, he couldn’t even use the language to ask questions. Columbo would find the murderer by pestering to find why something didn’t make sense.

Columbo would get involved by being assigned to a young child murdered in LA. Let’s say the Standard Hotel as the scene of the crime.  He would crawl up Adam Schiff’s ass until he drove Schiff  to confess.

Here lies the rub.  In the Columbo times people, even the criminals, had logic.  They had sense of defeat.  They would acknowledge the cleverness of the famed detective.

Not today.  Like a three year with chocolate on its face they would not only deny but then sue, call in favors and then kidnap Columbo’s Basset hound and threaten Mrs. Columbo.

I consider President Trump as a modern day Columbo.  Backed with understanding how these swamp creatures function.  He came prepared to fight at their level.  He can troll them and set them to do what he wants.  Easy to do with legal FISA warrants and he listens to them communicating.  When things get slow he trolls them and watches the chatter.

Another cultural difference from Columbo’s time until now — that generation believed and used logic.