There, “the deep state is not official institutions rebelling,” he said,<br />but rather “shadowy networks within those institutions, and within business, who are conspiring together and forming parallel state institutions.”<br />Mr. Trump, by treating these institutions as if they are already his political enemies, makes that harder to avoid.<br />As Leaks Multiply, Fears of a ‘Deep State’ in America -<br />WASHINGTON — A wave of leaks from government officials has hobbled the Trump administration, leading some to draw comparisons to countries like Egypt, Turkey<br />and Pakistan, where shadowy networks within government bureaucracies, often referred to as “deep states,” undermine and coerce elected governments.<br />“In President Trump, you have a president whose behavior shocks even more than the content of his policies,” Mr. El Amrani said.<br />The growing discord between a president and his bureaucratic rank-and-file, he warned, “is dangerous,<br />it encourages deep divisions within society, it creates these constant tensions.”<br />“As an American citizen I find it really quite disheartening to see all these similarities to Egypt,” Mr. El Amrani said.<br />“It’s like pouring gasoline on the fire.”<br />“What’s happening here is that the president doesn’t even want to hear intelligence<br />that he doesn’t agree with, and jumps to the conclusion that it must be politicized, and must be the result of people conspiring against him,” Ms. Zegart said.
