The term ‘deep state’ was coined in the 1990s to describe a hidden element within the Turkish government that waged a dirty war against Kurdish insurgents. In Turkey it was known as “derin devlet” which literally translates to deep state. Ever since, stories about deep states have been floated around both here and abroad.
Former Trump advisers Steve Bannon and Roger Stone, joined by Rand Paul and Newt Gingrich among other prominent individuals, believe there is a deep state within the government that is trying to undermine the president. Trump himself believes that he has been victimized by a deep state.
Where did they get the notion of a deep state trying to undermine President Trump? From QAnon which claims a deep state consisting of the CIA, the FBI, the military, government bureaucrats and wealthy, powerful globalists (a dog whistle for Jews), all coordinated by former President Obama is trying to destroy the Trump presidency.
And from none other than longtime conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the voice behind Infowars who claims doctors working at the behest of the deep state tried to kill President Trump with experimental drugs while he was being treated for COVID-19 at Walter Reed Hospital.
Jones has put forth crackpot theories of the government being behind the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, and the Boston Marathon bombing. Jones has also said that NASA faked the 1969 moon landing and that the Sandy Hook elementary school children massacre was a hoax with the grieving parents being actors. And Jones was one of the leading proponents of the allegation that Obama was ineligible to be president because he was born in Kenya.
Polls show that QAnon and Jones have about half the country believing there is a deep state. Trump has been a longtime admirer of Alex Jones. During an appearance on Infowars, he praised Jones for having an “amazing” reputation. And Jones has said that in a personal telephone conversation, Trump told him he was “one of the greatest influences I’ve ever seen.”
Amazing reputation? Well yes. if you consider that Jones has promoted bat-shit crazy theories like chemicals being put into our drinking water by the government are turning frogs gay, that Sen. Cruz’s father murdered JFK, that the government “can create and steer groups of tornadoes” as weather weapons, and that Hillary Clinton is running a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor. What’s truly amazing is that Trump or anyone else would believe anything this crackpot says.
Trump has on several occasions repeated some of Jones’ crackpot theories, including the one that Sen. Cruz’s father murdered JFK. That has given the Trump-hating media more ammunition with which to attack him.
So, is here such a thing as the deep state operating within the government? While there have been some FBI agents, CIA operatives and other bureaucrats actively working against President Trump, there is no evidence of an organized collusion between the CIA, the FBI, the military, government bureaucrats and wealthy, powerful globalists, all coordinated by former President Obama.
Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer said it best:
I don’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.
In other words, there is a deep state that isn’t. But if you still believe in the tooth fairy, you might as well believe there is a deep state led by Barack Obama of the CIA, FBI, the military, government bureaucrats and wealthy Jews that colluded with the Chinese to unleash coronavirus on the US in order to destroy the Trump presidency.
I have never listened to or watched Alex Jones. I’m not that familiar with him but from what I have read he is a crackpot. The Deep State. I began to believe there may be something to it after Bill Clinton was caught meeting with AG Lorretta Lynch in a Phoenix private airport hanger in 2016 and claimed it was to talk about grandkids. The coincidental meeting happened just before Hillary Clinton was scheduled to testify about mishandling classified emails. After investigating crime for years I realized that I seldom ran across case coincidence that didn’t turn out to be planned occurrences. Good blog, but it did nothing to convince me that high level conspiracies do not exist. Remember Watergate or the CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking that led to top officials of US Government. As far as everyone answering to Obama, that is hogwash. He may have known about conspiracies but was not orchestrating them. Come on, man!
I must to some extent disagree. I do not necessarily believe there is a huge conspiracy within the government designed to interfere with and take down Donald Trump. I do believe however that there is no doubt that there are a number of modest conspiracies, involving small numbers of like-minded anti-Trump folks who were seriously put out by his win and believe they are doing a good thing by opposing him from within, using the power of their office to do so. It is impossible to look at the FBI connection without believing that. A clerk at the FBI did not forward a serious of FISA warrants made up of complete smoke and bullshit. High level people did that, with the knowledge and willing assistance of mid level agents and lawyers. Do they have a club house and a secret handshake? No, they don’t. Did they act in concert, using the power of their office, against the elected president? Clearly they did. The size and depth of the conspiracy or conspiracies is open to reasonable question. That assertion that these things occurred is not.
I once saw a youtube video of Alex Jones – it took me about 30 seconds to conclude that he was an hysterical, raving lunatic. I wouldn’t believe him if he said the Sun was rising in the East. Steve Bannon isn’t much better.
On the other hand, Rand Paul seems to be a sober, serious person. I actually had the pleasure of meeting Newt Gingrich one time and I had the privilege of actually talking to him for a few minutes. He struck me as one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. That doesn’t mean he’s infallible, but I would hesitate to reject his assertions out of hand.
Do I think that there’s a formal organization (do they collect dues? Have a Christmas party?) with an established hierarchy and a detailed agenda? Obviously not. But, is there a portion of our governmental bureaucracy that understand that they occupy an influential and well paying position simply because we have a huge governmental bureaucracy? Absolutely. Do I think they will work hard to sustain such a bureaucracy? You bet your ass.
Our Governmental bureaucracy is a huge organism that we, the citizenry of the U.S., feed with trillions of dollars each year. Just like any other organism, it will reach to a perceived danger.
Certainly there isn’t any evidence of an organized collusion. There doesn’t need to be.
Either Howie Katz is a Member of these secret societies manipulating people & attempting to deceive his readers, or he is an idiot for being willfully ignorant of the truth about the Illuminati. Do your own research, people. Screw these dirty con artist freemasons.
All I will say in replying to Mike’s comment is that it indicates Alex Jones is not the only crackpot.
Mike, you totally left out the Trilateral Comission and the Bilderbergs, not to mention the Rothchilds and the Queen of England. If you’re gonna do the whole conspiracy thing, you’ve GOT to be all in!!!
And, don’t forget your aluminum hat to screen out the alien thought rays!
Mike, I don’t think Howie is a member of the Illuminati. I feel he is more a ZOG kind of guy. I once had an offer to join the CFR but passed, and I am not rich enough for the Bilderbergers. I hear they throw GREAT parties.
Oswald?? There is a more likely perp in the JFK assassination. Horace Busby: Lyndon Johnson was acutely aware by Nov. 4, 1963 that the Kennedys had sent a SWAT team of over FORTY national reporters to Texas utterly destroy him https://robertmorrowpoliticalresearchblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/lyndon-johnson-was-acutely-aware-by-nov.html
Mr. Morrow. I respectfully suggest you check the aluminum foil lining in your hat. Some of the mind control rays are getting thru to you. If you are out of foil you can flash a signal to one of the black helicopters and they land in the parking lot at WalMart, pick some up for your and air-drop it into your yard. They are actually pretty nice guys. They bring me cookies on my birthday. Fig Newtons.