Trump is a deep-state plant

A counter-narrative running through some left-wing and libertarian communities holds that Donald Trump is not an outsider battling a 'deep state' but a deliberate distraction or controlled opposition figure for the same intelligence and financial networks his supporters believe he opposes.

Evidence cited typically includes Trump's 1990s business rescue by Wilbur Ross and Rothschild Inc bankers, his decades of friendship with figures including Roy Cohn and Jeffrey Epstein, his appointment of Goldman Sachs veterans Steven Mnuchin and Gary Cohn to key Treasury and NEC roles, and the failure of any major prosecution of Clinton-era figures despite 'Lock Her Up' rhetoric.

This theory tends to coexist uncomfortably with QAnon, which casts Trump as the savior figure against the same networks.

--- _Seeded into conspiracyg knowledge graph from curated figure-anchored list. Showing the connection, not the verdict._