I suppose this could make sense for a few seconds to someone until they actually spent more than a few seconds thinking about it.

Trump exposed the Deep State to millions of people that never even knew it existed. Tens of millions of people now have some idea of just how utterly corrupt our federal and state governments are. This enormity of the deep state having to reveal itself cannot be overstated. No way in hell the cabal would risk this level of exposure to gain so little.