DISINFO: Joe Biden's withdrawal shows US ruled by Deep State
SUMMARY
We don’t know who rules the US, but it is not Joe Biden, as his withdrawal shows. It is an unelected group of manipulators that could be called the establishment, or the Deep State. Those are the people in charge. The critical governance decisions are taken by this group for the US people, but not necessarily in the name of the US people.
RESPONSE
Unsubstantiated conspiracy theory, aiming to advance recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about secret elites and the US Deep State. The goal of these narratives is to undermine public trust in democracy.
There is a lot of evidence showing that US presidents are the decisive figure in their administrations and that their personal values and ideas shape the decisions of their governments. Joe Biden is no exception.
Promoting conspiracy theories is a frequent pro-Kremlin technique to sow mistrust in institutions in democratic countries. See other examples in our database, such as claims that there was electoral fraud in the US because the Deep State didn’t want Trump reelected.