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