When you know your enemy, you'll understand why they make the moves they do. When so much is at stake, and they aren't firmly in control, they can't afford to risk it all on a bluff.

When you're in control, you have more room to be, let's say, creative with your chess moves. As much as it became cliché and somewhat of a mocking meme at this point, the notion of 4D chess became a thing for a reason! The best chess players can afford to react to certain moves in certain ways, because their overall plan is built around considering these things as they happen. It's hard to fathom, but the player who is firmly in control can literally react to ANY moves the opponent makes, because he's not only gamed out his own moves, but gamed out his opponent and the moves the opponent CAN make. If the master chess player can steer his opponent into the moves he wants him to make, then he knows which ways the opponent has to move before even the opponent does!

So this is why the opponent (Deep State) can't just "do the opposite." They don't have the flexibility available to make that kind of bluff! They're stuck in quicksand and thus the ONLY moves they can think about making right now are the ones that involve getting out of the quicksand! The master chess player has not only steered his opponent into this quicksand FOR their opponent, but has thusly earned themselves the 40,000 foot view where they can not only focus on the entire board, but can zoom in and watch the Deep State sinking in their quicksand too!