For several years, use of the phrase “deep state” had been mostly consigned to the [[Alternative Media]], but in February 2017, since U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] made public his fight with the intelligence community over allegations that Russian spy networks helped get him in power, it has been reported in the mainstream media. The US “deep state” reportedly plans to dismantle the Trump administration, with [[NSA]] intelligence analyst John Schindler warning that a friend in the “intelligence community” told him that Trump ''“will die in jail.”''<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-intelligence-community-ready-go-nuclear-donald-trump-russia-nsa-a7585926.html US intel community 'ready to go nuclear' against Donald Trump over Russia ties, claims former NSA analyst]</ref> | For several years, use of the phrase “deep state” had been mostly consigned to the [[Alternative Media]], but in February 2017, since U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] made public his fight with the intelligence community over allegations that Russian spy networks helped get him in power, it has been reported in the mainstream media. The US “deep state” reportedly plans to dismantle the Trump administration, with [[NSA]] intelligence analyst John Schindler warning that a friend in the “intelligence community” told him that Trump ''“will die in jail.”''<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-intelligence-community-ready-go-nuclear-donald-trump-russia-nsa-a7585926.html US intel community 'ready to go nuclear' against Donald Trump over Russia ties, claims former NSA analyst]</ref> |