The Establishment’s Response to Trump’s Threat to Political Corruption (Part II)

The Establishment’s Response to Trump’s Threat to Political Corruption (Part II)
President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Nov. 10, 2016. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo
Jeff Carlson
Commentary
The reality is that the intelligence community, the Obama administration, and the political establishment never expected Trump to win in 2016. And when he did win, the intelligence community was suddenly faced with a very real problem. How do they cover up their actions? Their answer was to set out to destroy Trump’s presidency. Or at least fatally hobble, even cripple, the new Trump administration.