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The Deep State Is Sabotaging Trump with 'Malicious Compliance'

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Draining the Washington swamp wasn’t a four-year job, and a four-year interregnum between Trump administrations allowed the unelected bureaucracy in the District of Columbia to retrench itself.

Thus, we shouldn’t be surprised that the deep state is resisting President Donald Trump yet again. This time, however, they seem to have adopted a new tactic: “malicious compliance.”

In at least two instances so far, career bureaucrats have gone above and beyond to make the new administration look bad by taking unnecessary and spiteful steps in regard to executive orders that weren’t spelled out by those orders.

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.
C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).
Birthplace
Morristown, New Jersey
Education
Catholic University of America
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish
Topics of Expertise
American Politics, World Politics, Culture




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