When Trump was first elected in 2016, he vowed to “drain the swamp.” That is, a deep state that infiltrates the federal government, promotes certain agendas while crushing others, persecutes opponents, and actively works to secure the nation. We will move in the direction we feel is appropriate.
Unfortunately that didn't happen. The deep state is alive, but not necessarily well, as the older and wiser Trump prepares for a second term.
His recent choice to head the FBI, Kash Patel, is a sure sign that he intends to root out corruption this time.
Almost a year ago glenn beck I sat down for a lengthy interview with Patel, and now that he's heading to the most powerful seat in one of the Justice Department's most brazenly corrupt departments, their conversation is worth revisiting.
“I wanted to talk to anyone who saw this. [the Deep State] I know firsthand how it works,” Glenn said on December 13, 2023.
As “chief of staff to the acting director of national intelligence…under President Trump,” Patel “oversaw the operations of all 17 intelligence community agencies.” In addition, “he also worked with the National Security Council, the Secretary of Defense, and the Department of Justice.”
All this to say, Kash Patel is exactly what Glenn is looking for to uncover “what the deep state is, how it works, and what its true purpose is.” It means that he is a great person.
The first question Glenn asked Patel was simple. “How bad is that?”
“This is a much worse situation than I ever imagined,” Patel wrote of his experience. bookadmitted. “It's not one guy. It's not five… it's like a thousand.”
The deep state “kind of runs a web inside the government and secretes it in different places and hides there for a while. And when they want to activate it, the media and other people They come in with leadership and say this is what we need,” Patel explained. “The people who run these agencies, the Justice Department, the FBI, the Pentagon, whatever, they're part of this entrenched class in Washington, and they all respond to one thing: self-advancement. .”
“The only way they can do that is by glorifying and protecting corrupt institutions,” he added.
To hear Patel's first-hand experience fighting the deep state (specific names included) and understand what it's like who Watch the episode above as he goes toe-to-toe with the FBI's new director.
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