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==The "power behind the throne"==

==The "power behind the throne"==

[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]

[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the Council on Foreign Relations: "‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired."<ref>https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid</ref>]]

{{See also|Deep state}}

{{See also|Deep state}}

The CFR has welded a very large amount of power in U.S. and international politics, and some of its [[conservative]] critics have described it as "the most visible manifestation of" the [[establishment]].<ref name="Perloff2009">Perloff, James (July 23, 2009). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/1213-council-on-foreign-relations Council On Foreign Relations]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 31, 2017.</ref> The CFR has many members from many different fields and in both U.S. political parties, and it has played a large role in setting government policy for decades.<ref name="DeepState2018">Newman, Alex (January 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/27866-deep-state-behind-the-deep-state-cfr-trilaterals-bilderbergs Deep State Behind the Deep State: CFR, Trilaterals, Bilderbergs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/32562-behind-the-deep-state-inside-cfr Inside the Council on Foreign Relations - Behind the Deep State]. ''The New American''. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.</ref> CFR members have "dominated" each U.S. presidential administration since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], irrespective of whether each administration was Republican or Democrat.<ref name="Perloff2009"/> By mid-2009, 21 secretaries of defense or war, 19 secretaries of the treasury, 17 secretaries of state, and 15 CIA directors had been CFR members.<ref name="Perloff2009"/> Thus, coupled with the other globalist organizations, such as the [[Trilateral Commission]], that Republican and Democrat administrations consistently relied upon for appointees, one can see why succeeding administrations failed to bring change that they had promised while on the campaign trail.<ref name="Perloff2009"/> Each of these presidents, such as [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[George W. Bush]], pursued decisively left-wing and globalist foreign policies with their CFR-dominated administrations.<ref name="Perloff2009"/>

The CFR has welded a very large amount of power in U.S. and international politics, and some of its [[conservative]] critics have described it as "the most visible manifestation of" the [[establishment]].<ref name="Perloff2009">Perloff, James (July 23, 2009). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/1213-council-on-foreign-relations Council On Foreign Relations]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 31, 2017.</ref> The CFR has many members from many different fields and in both U.S. political parties, and it has played a large role in setting government policy for decades.<ref name="DeepState2018">Newman, Alex (January 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/27866-deep-state-behind-the-deep-state-cfr-trilaterals-bilderbergs Deep State Behind the Deep State: CFR, Trilaterals, Bilderbergs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 9, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/32562-behind-the-deep-state-inside-cfr Inside the Council on Foreign Relations - Behind the Deep State]. ''The New American''. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.</ref> CFR members have "dominated" each U.S. presidential administration since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], irrespective of whether each administration was Republican or Democrat.<ref name="Perloff2009"/> By mid-2009, 21 secretaries of defense or war, 19 secretaries of the treasury, 17 secretaries of state, and 15 CIA directors had been CFR members.<ref name="Perloff2009"/> Thus, coupled with the other globalist organizations, such as the [[Trilateral Commission]], that Republican and Democrat administrations consistently relied upon for appointees, one can see why succeeding administrations failed to bring change that they had promised while on the campaign trail.<ref name="Perloff2009"/> Each of these presidents, such as [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[George W. Bush]], pursued decisively left-wing and globalist foreign policies with their CFR-dominated administrations.<ref name="Perloff2009"/>