Elon Musk on Deep State: Believes

The claim: A hidden network of unelected officials secretly controls US government policy.

2024-12-17: “Deep state traitors are coming after me, using their paid shills in legacy media. I prefer not to start fights, but I do end them …” source
2025-02-03: “This is the one shot the American people have to defeat BUREAUcracy, rule of the bureaucrats, and restore DEMOcracy, rule of the people. We’re never going to get another chance like” source
2025-02-12: “Well, the US deep state did in fact do that” source
2025-02-24: “The deep state is everywhere” source
2026-02-22: “We are ruled by Bureaucracy not Democracy” source