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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue May 30, 2017, 10:38 AM May 2017

Donald Trump thinks there's a "deep state" conspiracy against him

TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2017 09:53 AM EDT

Trump is becoming obsessed with Russia. Not the country, but the investigations about his dealings with Russia

MATTHEW ROZSA

Back in January, only weeks before Donald Trump became President of the United States, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow that Trump may regret his habit of taking potshots at the intelligence community’s competence due to its conclusion that Russia had meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

“Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you. So even for a practical, supposedly hard-nosed businessman, he’s being really dumb to do this,” Schumer observed.

Trump and his White House will probably never publicly admit it, but it seems like they’re starting to see Schumer’s point.

Both Trump and many of his top aides, including chief strategist Steve Bannon, believe that the leaks being directed against Trump and his administration are part of a deep state conspiracy against the Trump presidency, according to a report by Politico. One outside adviser to the president told the site that “the more people talk to him about it, the more he obsesses about it.” Meanwhile, a White House official pointed out how the cascade of negative stories is causing Trump to lose control of his own presidency, observing that “we are letting others dictate entirely how we are perceived. The calendar changes every day. There is no rhyme or reason to a lot of it.”

One possible casualty of Trump’s increasing uncertainty is chief of staff Reince Priebus, who has often been criticized by White House senior aides who talk about Trump’s woes to reporters.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/05/30/donald-trump-thinks-theres-a-deep-state-conspiracy-against-him/

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Donald Trump thinks there's a "deep state" conspiracy against him (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
Meh. Trump proves there was never any 'deep' anything leftstreet May 2017 #1
He also thinks FM123 May 2017 #2
Deep State... get a grip Donald. C_U_L8R May 2017 #3
This is RW radio pablum. That he actually believes this is scary. underpants May 2017 #4
I don't think he believes this crap at all. Same as what he said about firing Comey /... bettyellen May 2017 #7
I fervently hope so librechik May 2017 #5
Maybe they are all Kenyans. L. Coyote May 2017 #6

leftstreet

(36,076 posts)
1. Meh. Trump proves there was never any 'deep' anything
Tue May 30, 2017, 10:42 AM
May 2017

How many times, HOW MANY TIMES, have Democrats been told that a President just can't fulfill the promises from their campaigns because 'omg you know THEY take them into a room and let them know who's really in charge'

When is someone going to do that with Trump?

C_U_L8R

(44,891 posts)
3. Deep State... get a grip Donald.
Tue May 30, 2017, 10:47 AM
May 2017

There has always been a 'deep state'... it's called The Constitution,
the Rule of Law and the American way of government. You swore an
oath to protect it. It transcends political parties and it transcends YOU.
And its mortal enemy is criminal organizations like that family you got there.

Now fuck off with your odious deceptions.

underpants

(182,271 posts)
4. This is RW radio pablum. That he actually believes this is scary.
Tue May 30, 2017, 10:50 AM
May 2017

Everyone knows the sham that talk radio is. Even those who do it know it's pure distraction, disinformation, and nonsense.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
7. I don't think he believes this crap at all. Same as what he said about firing Comey /...
Tue May 30, 2017, 11:52 AM
May 2017

He's just trying to change the narrative. Why is Salon falling for this crap?

librechik

(30,663 posts)
5. I fervently hope so
Tue May 30, 2017, 11:20 AM
May 2017

the above ground government is showing how useless it is during a bank robbery.Like the TV commercials. "I just monitor the bank for robbers. I don't do anything about the robbery. That's department 3B."

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
6. Maybe they are all Kenyans.
Tue May 30, 2017, 11:23 AM
May 2017
Too often, what Donald Trump thinks has absolutely nothing to do with reality.
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