I’ve said it before but what they call the Deep State are actually dedicated, hard working public servants who serve both parties. My Dad’s father started working for the Feds under FDR and finished under LBJ and was still doing private casework into the Carter years. My mom started with the Feds under Carter or Reagan and is still a contractor for the Feds in the age of Trump. When they attack the “Deep State”, they are attacking public servants who work hard to make the country a better place. People who serve not an ideology but their country. And here’s another thing, a lot of them are veterans. Federal hires are disproportionally vets so when people like Trump’s allies on FNC or in the Senate like Senator Blackburn attack Colonel Vindman as “Obama officials”, they are attacking the troops to a large extent too.