zakrocz, that is essentially what I took away from the book. The forces arrayed against Trump were to much and were working together. If Trump had tried to go against them the media and everyone else would have screamed that Trump was ANTI-SCIENCE AND WAS KILLING PEOPLE FOR PROFITS!!!

The very act of bringing on Atlas was an attempt to slow them down but Atlas was steamrolled too.

Folks just don't understand how much the Deep State hated Trump. He essentially had no allies even in the White House.