Trump, the Deep State, and the Fall of the Expert Class

The Real Problem Isn't Trump—It's the Bureaucracy The outrage directed at Trump isn’t about his tweets or his personality. It’s about power. Specifically, who gets to wield it. And more importantly—who isn’t supposed to. When Trump questions the authority of entrenched institutions like the DOJ, the CDC, or the Department of Education, the media and political class go into meltdown. Not because they fear his policies, but because he dares to poke holes in the fiction that these bureaucracies are neutral, selfless, and always working in the public interest. But let’s stop pretending. These agencies aren’t sacred. They’re self-preserving machines—fueled by taxpayer dollars and unaccountable to the people they claim to serve. The Myth of the “Expert Class” We’ve been…