Will the Deep State Save Us?

President Trump and some of his aides are convinced that they are the victims of a conspiracy, an effort by what they call the Deep State to discredit his presidency.

In response, there’s been a resurgence in media interest in the Deep State. Does it exist at all? And if it does exist, what are the implications?

There’s no doubt in my mind that the essential elements of what Donald Trump calls the Deep State exist. At its most basic, the Deep State is a group of unelected people who manipulat...