Title: The Deep State Is A Very Real Thing | HuffPost
Headings: The Deep State Is A Very Real Thing
The Deep State Is A Very Real Thing
The issue is not that there is a deep government, but that the deep government is no secret.
It exists not because of conspiracy, but because of the desire to shield government from politics... but the result has unexpected and unpleasant consequences.
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Content: I noted the anger at President John F. Kennedy’s false news about a missile gap in the military-industrial complex and the schadenfreude at the Bay of Pigs. A serious issue arises when an elected president faces a revolt of those who putatively serve him. Whatever those people may think, they serve the president, who is elected according to the Constitution. The problem is that not serving at the will of the president and failing to respect election results – including leaking unverified claims about the president to the media – is inappropriate. Most presidents have been cowed by this, but Donald Trump gives as much nonsense as he gets. The point is that the idea that there is a deep state hidden from view that really controls things is absolutely true, except for the fact that it is not only visible to everyone who looks but is written into law. It exists not because of conspiracy, but because of the desire to shield government from politics. I understand the logic, but the result has unexpected and unpleasant consequences. A discussion of the deep state is possible only by really not underst