Obama himself was a deep-state puppet. A hologram.
You don't go from Hawaiian choom-gang loser to Harvard Law Editor (without writing a single article) and unknown "street organizer" to Junior state senator for a year, to US senator for 143 days, to President without someone pulling ALL the strings of finance, media, intelligence, political influence, etc...
And taking on Hillary Clinton for the nominating and winning.
Clinton’s journey to the WH was not too different.