The hoax that spawned an age of American conspiracism
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are just the latest populists to weaponise fears of a sinister “deep state”.
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Phil Tinline
Phil Tinline is the author of The Death of Consensus: 100 Years of British Political Nightmares. His next book, Ghosts of Iron Mountain, on American political nightmares, will be published in March.
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