Summary of American Resistance By David Rothkopf: The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation

By Willie M. Joseph

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Author David Rothkopf examines the resistance movement that slowly built in Washington. From Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his brother Yevgeny, to  Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, to Bill Taylor, Fiona Hill, and the official who first called himself "Anonymous".

• Language: English
• Publisher: Willie M. Joseph
• Release date: Dec 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215431726

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INTRODUCTION

A Word of Thanks to the Deep State

Donald Trump argued that he had no Washington experience, was not part of the Washington establishment. Frum: The simplest explanation is that public trust in government has plummeted over the past 60 years. Only 9 percent of Republicans, or those leaning Republican, trust the government in Washington to do what is right, compared to 36 percent of Democrats. Most recently, the animus of the anti-government crowd has been directed at something characterized as the deep state. The origins of the term deep state date back at least a decade before Donald Trump's election.

The idea was catnip to right-wing media outlets who saw it as a potential scapegoat. Income gap between America's haves and have-nots has grown over the past 40 years. Rise of new media franchises that catered to specific political groups contributed to deepening polarization. Ninety percent of gains following the Great Recession went to the top 10 percent. Avlon argues that most people who work in Washington are fundamentally good, well intentioned, and trying to make a positive impact.

David Rothkopf: The character of the community in which our nation's business takes place is quite different from that which conventional wisdom suggests. He was struck by qualities of people in Washington you do not much hear or read about in the news these days. There was a sense of welcoming and teamwork that I have felt in many of my Washington jobs. Most of the time, my work was on Capitol Hill, but I also worked in the Brooklyn field office of Congressman Solarz. David Rothkopf has been in Washington for four decades and is still struck by the quality of the people he worked with.

He says Washington has its share of operators and sleazeballs, but they are in the minority. There is a commitment to service that endures no matter which way the political winds are blowing. David Rothkopf's new book, Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power, looks at how Washington works at the top. He argues that it is the people who occupy more than one million government positions that ensure the American