This interview of Alastair Crooke, a former British diplomat is a must see. Not because of what he is saying about Ukraine which is interesting in its own right but because of how he describes the deep state and how it truly works.
The "deep state" as we often understand it, is a layer of non elected and mostly un-removable civil servants who often have more sway over the laws than actual politicians since practically, they are the one who decide which laws are actually applied and which ones can be ignored. I have a long experience of dealing with these people in Japan, France and the UK and can confirm that practically, they and they alone are the law.
But then Alastair Crooke goes on explaining how the other layers of the deep state operate. Rich people, often but not limited to industrialists like Elon Musk or Bill Gates, but also thousands of less prominent people, operate through "donations". They give a little money directly and a lot indirectly which eventually get people elected, or in other words, they buy elections, often through the media they control. Bad enough if you believe in democracy.
And then finally, there is the very deep state, the supra state of powerful people and organizations, which operates as a control gate of who can and who cannot be elected. Their control is hidden and murky. It goes from the secret but known Bilderberg Group to the shadowy Club of the 300 and others.
These "deep states" will get you labeled as "conspiracy theorist" whenever you mention them by name, but less so when you observe the effect of their respective actions on politics. This is especially the case with the Trump administration which for obvious reasons is directly opposed by the civil servants, tries often successfully to co-opt the industrialists and is kept under a rather short leash by the "controllers".
This is why, beyond their apparent vagaries, the policies of Trump are mostly and practically always expunged of their most potent aspects soon after being made public. This is especially and glaringly the case with Ukraine where Trump can say almost whatever he wants and in reality the actions of the US stay to course of indirectly supporting Ukraine both politically and militarily to his great frustration.
I do not think you can hear a more open description of these deep states than what transpires from the Alastair Crooke's discussion below. This also helps to a large extent understand why the Trump administration looks as disorderly as it does. Trump is fighting many different demons at the same time in a fog of war from which only the results can be glimpsed. Fascinating once you understand what you are seeing.
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