There is no Deep State in DC trying to evict Trump from the Oval Office.

[Snarkoleptic]

There is no Deep State in DC trying to evict Trump from the Oval Office. He's doing that all by himself.

http://observer.com/2017/02/donald-trump-administration-cia-deep-state/

Today, the Intelligence Community is deeply unhappy with President Trump. They dislike his repeated public insults and impugning of their professional integrity—something no president has ever done before. Many spies distrust the commander-in-chief, which is why some of our secret agencies are withholding highly classified intelligence from a White House they think is penetrated by Russian intelligence.

The Russia angle is most troubling to the IC. Behind closed doors, plenty of American intelligence experts believe that President Trump is the pawn of the Kremlin, wittingly or not, and assess that it’s only a matter of time before unseemly Moscow ties are exposed and the White House enters unsurvivable political crisis.

Rebellion is brewing in Washington. The resignation of the CIA’s spokesman, a career intelligence analyst, is a sign of how fragile IC morale has gotten under the new administration. If President Trump keeps upping the ante in his war on the spies, he can expect more damaging leaks to reach the media. Leaks happen in every administration, and Nixon’s ignominious fall ought to serve as a cautionary tale to any president who thinks he can find the right “plumbers” to fix the leaky faucet

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[Orsino]

1. But there is no shortage of career professionals...

...trying not to be aboard his sinking ship.

[Snarkoleptic]

3. Indeed, seems many don't want that stain on their CV.

n/t

[Cha]

2. Yeah, we don't like him, either

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. The only good news right now is that Bannon is on his way out as McMaster is on his way in.

But there's no clear path to sanity since Trumpy still is president and has control over all of the news cycles. And Bannon still has several tricks up his sleeve. So we all have to hope that every day doesn't end with Trumpy ordering an unprovoked nuclear attack.

[Progressive dog]

5. Do you have a link?

The WH statements about Bannon and the NSC are ambiguous.

[Snarkoleptic]

13. Yes, Spicer sidestepped that one.

Political operatives, esp of the white nationalist sort, do not belong on the NSC.

[truebluegreen]

6. Disagree about the Deep State;

totally agree about Donny's own efforts.

[msanthrope]

9. Greenwald and his ilk have been pushing the Deep State nonsense recently.....

note how Alt-Right and Farthest Left are on the same narrative?

[dembotoz]

7. if the election told us anything it is that trump has many crazed supporters

me thinks we spend too much time on wishful thinking that some brave soul will rescue us poor mortals


don't hold your breath

folks like paychecks as much as i do and are not fond of doing anything that would jeopardize that

[kwassa]

8. This publication, observer.com, is owned by Jared Kushner

Son-in-law and special advisor to Donald of Orange.

Keep that in mind when you read this.

[msanthrope]

10. Sold. nt

[BeckyDem]

11. Bill Kristol tweeted out that belief, a right winger.

It seems Trump has left no one happy and the fight I am watching for is who will win the war against Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, Stephen Miller and the ethno-nationalist-white supremacist agenda. I am hoping it will be Mad Dog and McMaster and they'll purge Bannon and company not only from the NSC but then the White House too.

These are despicable, dangerous people and no one should trust Trump's family, their job is to try and normalize his agenda.

[annabanana]

12. NOT a reliable source..

Son-in-law's outfit

[Snarkoleptic]

14. No longer owned by Kushner.

Although the author is a former intel. Guy, so true or untrue, he would be expected to deny the existence of Deep State.

[NewJeffCT]

15. Kushner hand picked his successor

so, I would guess they still have ties to Kushner

[Snarkoleptic]

16. Tho the author has written some articles very

critical of Trump, so there seems to be a long leash on the dog.