Pull-quotes are almost impossible with this (mid-length++) essay, but it actually describes the process by which the Deep State took down Nixon--and that process neatly fits into the glove of the Trump persecution.
Unlike with Nixon, who granted their wish and quit, Trump persevered. So they had to kill him, and failed twice (so far.)
But one very significant thing has changed. The US population now sees Trump's authoritarianism as a net-net good, whereas it rejected such authoritarianism (remember Adorno) as evil during the Nixon presidency, and for quite some time afterward, which explains the flaccidity of CIA-Bush, Bush the Dumber, and Clinton. The public let Obama get away with a heavy dose of Statist/Authoritarian plays, too--but that tolerance began to crumble before he left office. He got away with it because he was DEI, plain and simple.
Trump's populism endangered the Deep State and still does. The public is allowing--even cheering--HIS authoritarianism in distinct preference to that of The Experts, as they call themselves with little proof positive but a mounting fetid pile of proof negative.
Anyhow, read the essay. It's worth the 30 minutes.
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