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A deep state is a type of government made up of potentially secret and unauthorized networks of power operating independently of a state's political leadership in pursuit of their own agenda and goals. In popular usage, the term carries overwhelmingly negative connotations.
Feb 6, 2024 · Many of the January 6 Capitol rioters were inspired by QAnon conspiracy theories that claimed a deep state was working to undermine President Trump and betray the electorate.
According to an American political conspiracy theory, the deep state is a clandestine network of members of the federal government (especially within the FBI and CIA ), working in conjunction with high-level financial and industrial entities and leaders, to exercise power alongside or within the elected United States government. [1]
During the 1950s, an influential anti-democratic coalition within the Turkish political system called the “derin devlet” – literally the “deep state” — allegedly dedicated itself to ousting communists from the new Turkish Republic founded by Mustafa Ataturk after World War I.
May 22, 2024 · The deep state is found in the dead hand of officialdom and the compliance of ministers that prioritises institutions over the people they are meant to serve.
May 13, 2020 · The term “deep state,” Rohde argues, has become a way for Trump and his supporters to deflect criticism — but it’s also a real idea that can help us think through some legitimate issues,...
Apr 21, 2020 · The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth About America’s “Deep State” By David Rohde. The specter of a “deep state” has served as a useful scapegoat in Donald Trump’s presidency, the alleged locus of...