The American President passes Donald Trump These days, with a new political crisis, testing his alliance’s hardness with his electoral base. After he took his breath after the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, he quickly found himself in front of a new confrontation with the movement.Let’s make America great again(Mag).
The conservative movement – which contributed strongly to Trump’s political rise – has become a strong pressure on the Republican President to fulfill his repeated pledges to restructure Federal government In a way that serves the American citizen by dismantling the “deep state”, whose supporters believe are undermining radical reforms, especially in the immigration and foreign policy files, and the disclosure of documents related to secret files, foremost of which is the Jeffrey Ibstin case.
Dismantling the deep state
During his election campaign for his second mandate, Trump focused on a speech in which he made promises to his popular base, and pledged to fight a “last battle” to liberate the capital, Washington, who he described as “tyrants”. He promoted that his upcoming mandate will be decisive with influential political elites, announcing his intention to establish a specialized committee to “dry the swamp”.
The term “deep state” is used in American policy to refer to a network of individuals inside and outside the government, working behind the scenes independently of federal institutions, and they have a great impact on public policies and government decisions, without being held accountable.
Trump supporters received the beginning of his new mandate optimistic, as his administration immediately began implementing a number of its electoral pledges, including launching the largest deportation campaign in the history of the United States for illegal immigrants, canceling a remote work in federal institutions, stopping foreign aid, in addition to imposing new customs definitions aimed at strengthening the national economy.
The new administration also announced the establishment of the “Ministry of competence”, as its presidency Elon MuskThe CEO of Tesla, who is then close to Trump, who started his mission to implement a plan aimed at reducing financial waste and rationalizing the spending of federal institutions.
These moves, despite the widespread welcome I received among the pro -president “Mag”, was met with great resentment from the left, who saw the reduction of federal employees as politicization of government institutions and not a reform for them.
The critics of the administration considered that the replacement of leaders of the “Mag” movement with opposition officials comes to appease its electoral base, and an attempt to “build a new deep state” subject to personal loyalty to the president, instead of loyalty to the constitution or institutions.
Transparency test
Among the most prominent things announced by Trump before his return to Washington, the establishment of a specialized committee to lift the secrecy on all documents related to control and corruption within the state agencies, and its publication of public opinion in order to enhance transparency and restore popular confidence.
The waiting did not appear, as the administration started in the first month to publish documents related to the assassination file of former President John Kennedy, and hopes for detecting new threads may lead to an understanding of the circumstances of a historical crime that raised the interest of American public opinion for more than 6 decades.
However, the documents revealed did not add new, and did not answer the main question: Who assassinated Kennedy? This sparked a wave of disappointment between the supporters of the president, who see that the opportunity is favorable to reveal the truth, in light of the Republicans’ control of the White House, Congress and all centers of influence.
The frustration was not limited to the internal files, as the president revealed last week a plan to send more weapons to Ukraine, after the Ministry of Defense stopped these shipments earlier.
According to observers, the decision is not in harmony with the general line of the “Mag” movement, which has always adopted a speech to distance from external conflicts, and raised the slogan “America first.”
Weapons were previously sent to criticism after Trump supported his ally Benjamin Netanyahu In his war on Gaza, the United States joined Israel in the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities last June, positions that gave disturbing references to some Trump supporters regarding the seriousness of the conservatives in fighting the “deep state”.
The return of the conspiracy theory
The popular climate charged with conspiracy theories and skepticism about the White House’s intention to translate the promises of electoral campaigns and reached its climax after the Ministry of Justice closed on July 6, the investigations related to the Jeffrey Epsin case, and issued a memorandum that denied the existence of a “customer list” linked to the case, although the Prosecutor Bam Bondi announced last February that the list “on its office.”
Epstein was found dead in his cell in a New York prisons in 2019, before he was before the court on sex trafficking charges. He was known for his extensive relations with a number of politicians, celebrities and businessmen with influential.
However, doubts have been hovering over the truth about his death after the official authorities announced that his death was a “suicide”, and a large group of Americans believes that his death is a liquidation to protect influential personalities that were related to the sexual exploitation network that he claimed was Epstein.
The decision of the Ministry of Justice not to have a list of those involved not convinced the conservative movement, especially within the “Mag” movement, in which influential figures were quick to express their anger on the “Truth Social” platform owned by President Trump, and criticism spread on the platform of the administration’s position on the issue, and considered that the president took advantage of their electoral support without fulfilling his promise to disclose secret files.
In statements to MSNBC, Democratic Deputy Jimmy Raskin, a prominent member of the Judicial Committee of the House of Representatives, blamed Trump and Bam Bondi, saying: “There is no necessity to take charges on hidden parties, Trump and Bondi who have the authority to publish the documents, and they are closer to us to the informal system controlling the information.”
“Epsin’s trick”
The matter that contributed to increasing doubts Trump’s waving again with the conspiracy theory in an attempt to calm public opinion, and he posted through his platforms a video that alludes to mysterious deaths on an alleged link to the Clinton family, and he claimed that the former president claimed جهني Use an automatic signature to sign official documents.
However, his attempts did not give attention to public opinion, and critics continued to pressure to reveal the alleged list related to the case.
In a youth gathering of the “Mag” movement, it was held last week in the presence of Steve Bannon, one of Trump’s most prominent allies, many participants expressed their feeling of treason. The event turned into a cash platform.
One of the attendees, Julian, said: “Yes, we are deceived. He is not caught by harassers with children, and people are not departed, and we do not get what we asked,” while others went to Trump’s description that he has become part of the influence network that he has always attacked.
Under this pressure, Trump later admitted to the existence of the list, but he was quick to accuse the Democrats of its fabrication, considering it an attempt to cover up their political losses. “The new fraud they are promoting, we will call it the Jeffrey Epstein trick.”
The statement did not convince many of his supporters, and he met with wide rejection, as the pioneers of the platforms considered it a justification and here that would not change their position, and observers expected these reactions, because this issue is not like others, as it affects one of the deepest concerns between the Americans, and it cannot be easily contained.
“The wrong assumption of Trump and others is their ability to promote conspiracy theories without any negative reaction, and the Epsin issue has proven this,” said Matt Dalik, Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, in a statement to the Associated Press.
More complexity
Amid the escalation of accusations by President Trump of belonging to the deep state, the Wall Street Journal revealed Thursday evening, July 11, what he described as a message from Trump sent to two pistols on the occasion of his 50th birthday, which includes a hand drawing of the body of a woman attached to his signature.
Trump denied the authenticity of the message, described it as the fabricated, confirming in an interview with The Journal: “I did not draw pictures of women at all,” and announced his intention to sue the newspaper and its mother company “News Corp”.
After that, the President directed his orders to the Public Prosecutor Bam Bondi to present the lecturers of the major jury associated with the case, but the final decision is now in the hands of the federal judge, who will have to decide on whether the documents can be published without violating the privacy of the victims and witnesses.
According to legal experts, the issue may take a long time, with a little possibility to reveal new information.
According to a Reuters poll, 69% of Americans believe that the Trump administration is hiding details related to Epsin’s clients, compared to only 6% who believe the opposite.
Another poll conducted by “CNN” also showed that satisfaction with the level of government transparency does not exceed 3%, while half of the respondents expressed their dissatisfaction, including 56% of Democrats and 43% of Republicans.