In the sixth chapter of The Case for Trump by Victor Davis Hanson, he talks about bureaucracies and their role in the American government. This is the premise that state officials are making the calls in government, rather than the elected representatives of the people. This is an almost corrupt way to look at government as the people of the country are not being represented and rather people with power make decisions that they will benefit form. Many of them, Hanson talks about, will use their ability to influence the government to their advantage within their agendas. This could be either through tax cuts to the wealthy or setting forth a political agenda that they idealize.
Another topic that Hanson talks about in the sixth chapter in the book is that there are incestuous relationships of the deep state, basically translating to power couples within the government. Hanson talks about an example with progressive reporters in Washington talking behind closed doors about ways to aid the Obama campaign. This “off the record” communication could have been used to display a kind of fake news that could influence readers to vote for one candidate or the other. The reporters could collaborate and discuss topics that they could target to push forth their own political agenda.
Later in the chapter Hanson talks about how Trump’s drip on the media and how he uses it to gain involvement in the American society. Hanson talks about Trumps background in being a national celebrity and his straight up comments that he makes on social media. There are many implications that the media imposes on the American citizens and puts forth confirmation biases that are taken in by their viewers. As Hanson states, there has been no other President that has had such an involvement in the media and on social media. There are arguments for both sides whether this has helped Trump or hurt his appearance as our nations President.