The Trump presidency has exposed many of his election promises as bluster. We now know that he is what he appears to be – a vain and needy old man who resents the world for not loving him as he thinks it should.
 The media offers a daily spectacle of officials contorting themselves to cover for his latest incoherent pronouncement. 
If Trumpism means anything, it is an ideological prelude to oligarchy. He has demonstrated that he intends to use his office to enrich himself and his family. 
The deeps state or elites---heaven forbid we have people who know what they're doing in government---are needed to oppose a presidency with an incompetent and destructive agenda.