I honestly do believe that these same shadow state powers explain why his Presidency became such a miserable failure. Why his pre-08 rhetoric simply didn't match his next two terms as President.
You either walk their walk and conform to the machines bidding and wishes or they will ensure that you have a very bumpy ride. That the plane will crash. This is honestly why I feel like on important topics GW BUSH and Obama were largely indistinguishable. Why all Presidents have been such miserable failures in my lifetime.
that is an argument that has some merit. the rest, meh, that just seems like clinton politics, and they had some big intelligence problems of their own
it just seems like washington and this new deep state are being conflated and I don't really buy that they are one in the same and what their motives or objectives are. it feels like it is just some other conspiracy for trumpers to latch onto
if it's all true to some degree, I'm not going to believe that trump will do jack shit about it until something big actually falls. because right now going in front of the world and proclaiming the biggest victory and all that in the face of obvious evidence to the contrary is sure playing awfully fucking dumb in the mean time