Deep state in the United States
Deep state in the United States
In the United States, the deep state is an alleged entity that coordinates efforts by government employees and others to influence state policy without regard for democratically elected leadership.[1][2][3] It has often been dismissed by numerous journalists and academics as a conspiracy theory.[4][5][6][7] The term, which was originally used to refer to sophisticated shadow governments in countries like Turkey and post-Soviet Russia, has also been used in American political science to refer to entrenched government institutions wielding power, without necessarily implying a conspiracy.[8][9] The term has been used in numerous published titles about the U.S. government written by, for example, Marc Ambinder, David W. Brown, Peter Dale Scott and Mike Lofgren.
The term gained popularity in some circles during the 2016 U.S. presidential election in opposition to establishment Republican and Democraticcandidates and has also been used in 2017 during the Trump administration, which argues that deep states want to delegitimize the Trump presidency.[10]
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