Shadi Hamid, senior fellow in the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, explores how the "deep state," a term which captures the inherent dilemmas when a "radical" president comes to power through democratic means, may attempt to hinder the work of President Trump and what this means for democracy in America today. 

While originating in the autocratic contexts of Egypt and Turkey, the notion of a deep state captures the inherent dilemmas when a "radical" president comes to power through democratic means.

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