It ALWAYS has been that. We just thought it was great because Hoover seemed to be on our side as he did his extra-legal surveillance of Americans.
The Progressive-Globalist cabal has always been there. In hindsight, it is as clear as the back of my hand. We just believed that part of the cabal was our friend.
One thing Trump did was to force the deep state to come out of the shadows and to show itself. Things will never be as easy for them now that they’ve been exposed. The odds are still against it but DJT might actually defeat them.
J. Edgar Hoover was, indeed, on our side. When he was in charge, the FBI rolled up the Axis spy rings during WWII and did a pretty good job against the Communists afterwards.