Pardon my ignorance, perhaps someone can explain to me what a “Deep state” is......
noun: deep state; plural noun: deep states
a body of people, typically influential members of government agencies or the military, believed to be involved in the secret manipulation or control of government policy.
I've heard it also called the shadow government if that helps.
CGato
“Deep State” is the name for a shadow government. Bill Clinton admitted late in his Presidency that “there is a government within the government, and I don’t run it.”
This shadow government can be made up of people at the highest levels of the CFR, CIA, Trilateral Commission and career officers of various branches and organizations within government. This is why no matter who is elected President, nothing changes. All major decisions go through them.
I believe the intent is to label folks embedded (burrowed) into the belly of the government bureaucracy, that remain administration after administration acting out in ways we wouldn’t appreciate.
deep state
noun
noun: deep state; plural noun: deep states
a body of people, typically influential members of government agencies or the military, believed to be involved in the secret manipulation or control of government policy.
“the deep state and its policy of allowing extremist ideologies to flourish may be the actual issues of concern”
As I understand it, the “Deep State” is the entrenched bureaucracy in DC in every agency that leans left; votes Democrat; has been growing since Bush the Elder and accelerated under Obama; happily enacts the policies of liberal administrations, drags its feet when enacting those of whomever they perceive as “conservative” (even under thoroughly establishment administrations like the Bushes); does what it must to get by and anything at all that will help itself to grow and excercise it’s petty power.
The dream of every Deep Stater is to retire with two or three government pensions for their “service”—to the State.
Sounds like he prefers an Inner Party, or politboro to a republic.
Spoken like a true statist, totalitarian red diaper garbage pail kid.
Shadow government run by Obama, Soros, entrenched bureaucrats,etc.
Obama is staying in Washington for that purpose. Basically we will have two parallel governments.
“Deep State,” besides the idea of “shadow government” which was defined by others, also means those in power with great influence, who never change, despite which political party has the appearance of control
Some obvious candidates - intelligence bureaucrats, High level political lobbyists, Federal Reserve and Its constituent Wall Street Banks, certain powerful big business which benefits from the nanny-state, such as Silicon Valley, etc...
It’s the newest term being used by conspiracy folks for the “shadow” government...the global illuminati, etc etc