So no examples of behavior, but finger-pointing at individuals who are politicians and not bureaucrats that make up the claimed "deep state".  It is a nice dream to go back to a pre-WW2 USA with a small federal government and an even smaller armed forces that are generally un-involved in world affairs.  1925, or even 1935 is not coming back. If you want to drain the swamp you need to remove the other parts that have grown in support of or due to that vast bureaucracy.  Strangely enough, the folks that want to drain the swamp do not want to aggressively reduce the size of semi-monopolist companies in the economy, nor reduce the role of money in elections and politics (much of it from those same large companies) which is ultimately corrupting all of Congress.  That money wants a small and inept government unable to regulate very large companies and are buying whoever they can to achieve that goal.  The voters are somewhat lacking in a democratic choice these days and that is dangerous.