It's not really a conspiracy theory though, it's just the reality that much/most of the power of the government is in the hands of unelected bureaucrats. That d

It's not really a conspiracy theory though, it's just the reality that much/most of the power of the government is in the hands of unelected bureaucrats. That doesn't imply the bureaucrats are conspiring. And that's not necessarily a bad thing (for the reasons you describe) but there's a fundamental deceit going on if the president can't actually control that bureaucracy (because people assume that he can).