The Establishment is setting up Donald Trump.

The mainstream media hates him. Hollywood hates him. The "Intellectual Yet Idiot" academia class hates him.

Most critically, the CIA hates him. So does the rest of the Deep State, or the permanently entrenched "national security" bureaucracy. They did everything possible to stop Trump from taking office. None of it worked.

I think the CIA hates Trump for a very simple reason: he's threatening to take away their livelihood.

Trump wants to make nice with Putin and the Russians. But countering the so-called "Russian threat" is how many thousands of Deep State bureaucrats make a living.

These people feed off the trough of the $1 trillion-plus military/security budget. Playing nice with the Russians would kill their jobs—and end their way of life.

Trump has said:

Time to buy old US gold coins

We will pursue a new foreign policy that finally learns from the mistakes of the past. We will stop looking to topple regimes and overthrow governments.

Toppling regimes is the CIA's bread and butter. No wonder they hate him.

Of course, the feeling is mutual. Trump has used plenty of sharp words to describe the "intelligence community." He's reportedly aiming to fundamentally restructure the CIA.

John F. Kennedy's Battle with the CIA

Donald Trump is the first president since John F. Kennedy to openly take on the CIA.

After being suckered into the Bay of Pigs disaster in Cuba, JFK said he wanted "to splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds."

Kennedy fired CIA Director Allen Dulles. But that was about as far as he got.

JFK, of course, failed to break the Deep State's grasp on power. In an ironic twist, Allen Dulles would later be appointed to the Warren Commission to investigate Kennedy's assassination.

The CIA is the undisputed all-time world champion of orchestrating coups. And right now, Trump is squarely on its radar…

How the Deep State Will Take Down Trump

The way I see it, the Deep State has three main cards to play against Trump. If one doesn't work, they'll move on to the next one.

The Delegitimization Card

The Herbert Hoover Card

The John F. Kennedy Card

The Delegitimization Card

There's a joke that goes something like this…

Question: Why can there be no "color revolution" in the US?

Answer: Because there are no US embassies in the US.