What Is the Deep State?

Both right and left promote conspiracy theories. But the U.S. government is mostly transparent

If Donald Trump is elected, he promises to fire 50,000 civil servants, who he calls the “Deep State.” But what is the Deep State? Who are they?

Wikipedia: “A deep state is a type of governance made up of potentially secret and unauthorized networks of power operating independently of a state's political leadership in pursuit of their own agenda and goals…