On Trump and the American “deep state”

Shadi Hamid, senior fellow in the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, explores how the “deep state,” a term which captures the inherent dilemmas when a “radical” president comes to power through democratic means, may attempt to hinder the work of President Trump and what this means for democracy in America today.

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