Court rulings which went against the president were treated as an attack by the deep state, both by the administration itself and its outriders in the media. Sean Hannity, a presenter on Fox News who would dine with the president in the White House, said: ‘All of this is happening because of the deep state. It’s now the deep state gone rogue. The deep state against the American people.’ Like Orbán, Trump’s sabotage was not limited to the courts. He also went after scientific bodies, particularly over the issue of climate change, which he insisted was a hoax perpetrated by China ‘in order to
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