'' 's long-time conservative columnist , Charles Krauthammer said of the belief in a Deep State : I do n’t believe in the tooth fairy , the Knights Templar , Bilderberg , the Protocols of the Elders of Zion , a vast right wing conspiracy , or , for that matter , a vast left wing conspiracy . Are there in the U.S. government individual bureaucrats that are Democratic holdovers that would love nothing more than to damage Trump ? Yeah , of course there are . Is there a concealed web of conspirators , malevolent permanent hidden shadow government ? Rubbish . And I would add that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone without the help of Ted Cruz ’s father . '' Rolling Stone '' magazine , which reported Krauthammer 's comment , summarizes the Deep State concept this way : " Is there actually a deep state ? If you mean entrenched bureaucracy , then of course there is . If you mean a government-wide conspiracy , then the answer is almost certainly no . " '' Salon '' magazine traces Donald Trump 's belief in a Deep State to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of '' Infowars '' , who , it says , " believes that the government — aka the " deep state " — has orchestrated attacks and events throughout history . This includes the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building , the massacre at Sandy Hook ( he claims that many of the parents were actors ) , the Boston Marathon attack , and on and on , " including believing that the 9/11 attack was " executed by the United States government . " The magazine also points to Trump 's long-time ally , Roger Stone , as an influence . Stone has written several books which center of conspiracy theories , and blames Lyndon Johnson for the death of President John F. Kennedy , and that Ted Cruz 's father was involved in that assassination
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