But according to Steve Bannon, Trump’s former 2016 campaign chair and White House strategist, a prime mover in the formation and propagation of the deep state conspiracy theory, it should not be taken seriously. Bannon states his opinion in a new book, Deep State: Trump, the FBI and the Rule of Law by James B Stewart, which will be published on 8 October. The “deep state conspiracy theory is for nut cases”, Bannon is quoted as saying, because “America isn’t Turkey or Egypt”. On Thursday, Breitbart published a new essay by Virgil, the pseudonymous author of the original Deep State series. Bannon has reportedly asserted the deep state is false before.

Source: The Guardian October 04, 2019 06:00 UTC