The DS/cabal stole the election, and were planning on President Trump refusing to leave office due to the election fraud

If what we understand about this (aka devolution) then Trump stepping aside and leaving the White House will go down as probably the greatest single maneuver in the history of American warfare, eclipsing Trenton and all the other moves in the Revolution.

I think of this like a judo expert who, when the opponent is running full pelt at him in order to smash into him, simply steps aside and the opponent goes sprawling on the mat. Or perhaps the move that Obi Wan Kenobi makes, when fighting with Vader and he just depowers his sabre and let's Vader strike him down, knowing that he'll be much more powerful guiding Luke from the force-side of things.

...stuck with their original hyperbole and other plans as if J6 was a "war in DC"... because they couldn't think of anything else to do.

Kek. That sounds exactly the way it is. They were totally derailed by DJT's move, and then it's like, "what the heck do we do now?"

I can easily imagine that DJT and the Q team et al mapped all this out beforehand, anticipated the moves of the Cabal (not to mention that they had the NSA capabilities etc and probably knew everything the Cabal was doing) and made moves designed to completely dismantle their efforts.

I expect that it is going well for the white hats though. The behavior of Kash and the other white hats would make no sense if they were losing the covert war.

They certainly come across as comfy and cool. Not as if the enemy is harrying them and giving them reasons to fear.