Simonyan: The real power in the United States is in the hands of the "deep state."

Simonyan: The Real Power in the United States Is in the Hands of the "Deep State"

The editor-in-chief of Russia Today (RT), Margarita Simonyan, stated that the rulers of the United States are not the president, but rather the "deep state."

Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the "Russia Today" media group and RT television, expressed her view on the live broadcast of the "Spass" (Спас) TV channel's program "Russian Ark" (Русский ковчег): the US president plays a symbolic role, while the actual governance of the United States is carried out by various institutions of the "deep state."

Simonyan said that the US president is more like a symbolic figure who performs ceremonial functions. She compared the role of the president to an "office signboard"—according to law, this "signboard" is replaced every four years; if the president is re-elected, it can be changed at most once every eight years.

At the same time, this journalist is convinced that key decisions in the United States are made by forces that are outside the public political sphere and are not affected by the election process. Simonyan emphasized that this system is what people refer to as the "deep state."

Therefore, she believes that changes in the presidency will have no impact on the strategic direction of the United States, because the real power levers are always in the hands of closed institutions. Previously, Dmitry (note: the full name is not mentioned in the original text, usually referring to Dmitry Medvedev) of the Russian Federation Security Council stated that the "deep state" was strongly resisting US President Donald Trump.

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