Darth Omar
Russian asset
The motivation of the Deep State would be to protect their fiefdom -all Russian policy decisions have to be weighed against what the Intelligence community leadership analysis claims is their unique insights.
food for thought..
You segue wayed from Cohen to Greewald to make the Deep State point lol. I caught that.
Cohen is a leftie and is as authoritative on what makes the Ruskies tick as anyone.
Deep State is a conspiracy theory: I doubt there's another mysterious shadow government that operates inside of the one we elected. However, you have to be pretty naive to think there's not an amorphous cabal within the government that has its own interest in protecting the foreign policy status quo.
And no doubt, they are threatened by Trump.
Look at what's going on: Russia wasn't even on the national security radar until recently. Now it's like we're living through the Red Scare again. And the same president who removed Polands missle shield in 2009, moves military armaments close to the Russian border just weeks[!] before he leaves office.
Why?
I think because 'someone' wants to keep the Trump-Russian narrative going even after the inauguration when Piss Gate peters out [haha lol]. Someone is thinking ahead on this. Probably Obama, but who knows, really.
Because it's going to force Trump to call for the arms to be removed from the Russian border so the NYT and can shreik 'Putin's puppet!'; or, Trump will be forced to negotiate with Russia from a position of weakness. That is, Putin will tell Tillerson that Trump can go screw himself until NATO backs off his border.
Trump's hand will be forced and the charade moves on. Trump loves Russia, don't you know?
= extreme lameness