We used 3RD EYE to extract important themes from 600 tweets all using the phrase “deep state.” These themes revealed a layered story involving Donald Trump, Barack Obama, “globalist” interests, the impeachment inquiry, and US motivations in Syria. As we explore this narrative, we’ll indicate each of these and other themes with bold text. We’ll also exhibit a few of the original Tweets for extra detail along the way.

Donald Trump and The Swamp

As the biggest theme associated with the deep state, President Donald Trump looks like the main character in this story. His campaign pledges about government corruption and the “the swamp” also made frequent appearances in our data set …

“Trump and Company is trying to clean out the Deep State from our Federal Government” “Best president ever, fighting the deep state from top to bottom, fighting the corrupt democrats hiding behind closed doors and the media” “The biggest hurdle to ending the corruption in DC is the swamp.” “Shit will hit the fan if they impeach our POTUS for standing up to the Deep State/DC Swamp”

In it’s simplest form, this story is about Donald Trump battling the deep state as he roots out corruption in the US government.

“Globalist oligarchs”

In a moment, we’ll take a closer look at the ingredients of the deep state. But first, let’s see whats in “the swamp.” In this narrative, it’s a network of “globalists” controlling and influencing the US government.

“When you realize the deep state exists for the benefit of New World Order globalist oligarchs, then you also realize that We the People have become slaves to them as they make war on @realDonaldTrump to weaken American resolve.” “Did we really believe the corrupt deep state was going to allow Trump to steer away from their goal of globalized control?”

With this understanding of “the swamp,” the specifics of the deep state will make more sense.

Seeds of impeachment from President Obama

Trump promised to “drain the swamp” during his 2016 campaign. But (according to this narrative), then president Obama had different plans. Supposedly, Obama loaded the intelligence community with loyalists who would actively work to prevent Trump’s election and sabotage any of his attempts to dismantle globalist policies.

“Obama weaponized the IC [intelligence community] to spy on and sabotage the Trump Campaign and Presidency.” “The Dem leftists orchestrated the 2016 deep state effort to prevent Sanders and Trump from blocking Clinton Cartel rule. An inchoate Kleptocracy orchestrated with Obama’s assistance” “The 'deep state' headed by Obama has stopped the investigations and the reports”

Obama-appointed officials in the intelligence community are the deep state in this story. And, the impeachment inquiry is one of their efforts to remove Trump from office.

“I see deep state operatives ... Trying to overthrow the last election” “Schiff is deposing his deep state witnesses - President Trump has been denied due process” “deep state needs to get out of the way of our Republic. … they are blurring the lines between an intelligence committee investigation (where it was going nowhere) and an impeachment inquiry”

From this lens, we can see a very specific intention in descriptions of the impeachment inquiry as a coup:

“we are witnessing a coup by the radical socialists trying to take over this country through the Judicial System’s unelected bureaucrats—the Deep State actors that never ran for office … in the shadows trying to overthrow this country” “Time is running out to expose spygate, Russiagate & the impeachment coup.” “This orchestrated democrat/Deep State coup will be exposed, and very soon. The Speaker, the heads of the CIA and FBI, the ex-DNI, Rep. Schiff, and others will soon be hiring defense lawyers. Your corrupt House of cards will fall.”

Fighting back with Syria

In this narrative (and in a lot of his own Tweets), we see Trump in a perpetual battle against the deep state. And Syrian withdrawal is apparently one way he’s fighting back. By pulling out of Syria, he’s apparently cutting off globalist income from illegal drug trafficking.

“Deep State furious because Trump has cut them off from drug money coming out of Syria.” “the Drugs coming out of Syria are stopped, drying up bribes to Deep State. That is why they are desperately trying to impeach you with no grounds. You took away their kick back bribe money. That is why they want to continue war”

People talking about the deep state also understand Syrian withdrawal as an example of Trump’s resistance to globalist oil and war profiteering.

“Did you really think the deep state is upset at Trump because we are no longer going to be there to protect that region in the Middle East? 'Protecting' Syrian oil. It always was about the oil. Not the Kurds. Not the Syrian people. Not ISIS.” “This is all about money and power.” “For the Deep State its not really about the Kurds; its about the cash that war creates for them.” “Deep State is in need of a War somewhere ASAP. That’s how they make their money.” “The US deep state is interested in continuing illegal wars of regime change, having learned nothing from the disasters of Libya and Syria” “Jan 1961, Eisenhower warned about the threat of the military-industrial complex. From that has been spawned the DC Swamp/Deep State.”

These are the main contours of the deep state as a concept in a collective consciousness. But, we didn’t cover everything in this article. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment. And, feel free to run your own analysis about this and anything else with 3RD EYE.