Whether the deep state is doing something unconstitutional is utterly irrelevant. BTW: these are the same groups that overthrow governments abroad, and seem tem

Whether the deep state is doing something unconstitutional is utterly irrelevant. BTW: these are the same groups that overthrow governments abroad, and seem tempted to do it here. The original argument was whether the deep state was defending the Constitution, which relies on a) whether Trump did anything unconstitutional, and b) whether the deep state is specifically opposed to Trump on those issues, as opposed to pushing their own (war?) agenda under that cover. The deep state is not protecting the constitution, but seems to be trying to a) weaken Trump by any means possible and b) push for aggression in Ukraine and escalation against Russia. You'll notice that Trump's position on Crimea and Russia shifted just a few days ago, after the whole deep state debacle. The rest of your comment is covered under game theory. Trump being friendly to the deep state would have been stupid of him, for reasons that are obvious now.