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Commentary: Yes, Virginia, there is a Deep State

A Trump supporter’s worst nightmare, the Deep State, does exist. But it’s not trying to get rid of President Trump. It’s trying to keep him in power. And it’s not a conspiracy. It’s a consensus. And it’s winning.

There’s no other way to explain people like Attorney General William Barr, former White House Counsel Don McGahn and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. They’re keeping Trump in power because he’s useful. He’s useful because he’s incompetent. This opens the door wide for them to get their work done without interference.

Trump’s ghost-writer in the 1990’s, Charles Leersen, said that when Trump was losing oceans of money, he spent most of his time in his office selecting fabric swatches for his properties.