Stryder50
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"Deep State" is a term that has a range of definitions and applications over the decades. Following excerpts from the Wiki page, it's self a bit Left leaning and at times contradictory, give some hint of the broad application of the term.Trump had four years to rid himself of the DEEP STATE
What happened?
Usually you can find at least one person and get him to turn in the rest of the DEEP STATE. Trump could not find a single member of the Deep State……Can you?
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In 2014, former Congressional staffer Mike Lofgren alleged that there was a deep state protecting "powerful vested interests" and that a "web of entrenched interests in the US government and beyond ... dictate America’s defense decisions, trade policies and priorities with little regard for the actual interests or desires of the American people".[21][22][23]
In 2017, former Democratic U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich alleged that there were individuals in the intelligence community attempting to sabotage relations between the United States and Russia.[24][25][13]
Some commentators, such as former NSA leaker Edward Snowden, allege that there is a deep state made up of civil servants.[26]
During his presidency, Donald Trump and his strategists alleged that the deep state was interfering with his agenda and that the United States Department of Justice was part of the deep state because it did not prosecute Huma Abedin or James Comey.[27][28][29] Some Trump allies and right-wing media outlets alleged that Obama was coordinating a deep state resistance to Trump.[27][30] President Trump's supporters used deep state to refer to allegations that intelligence officers and executive branch officials were influencing policy via leaks or other internal means.[31][32][33]
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Deep state in the United States - Wikipedia
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Those supportive of a Deep State will deny it's existence or effectiveness.
Those realists whom know of it and have dealt with it realize it is so large and old that removing one or two members(persons) will have little effect upon it.
Some students of history know that almost from the moment, centuries ago, that governments came into existence, that 'Deep States' formed within them.
Your idea that only one person could turn in thousands and unravel a system entrenched for decades~centuries is naive, and/or ignorant or both, if not just another attempt to be disingenuous.