I saw Ashland Dog's post about the DOJ opening an investigation into Trump and his role in the faux insurrection and I had a crazy thought pop into my head. What if the DOJ comes up with some trumped-up charges to indict him? The FBI is sent to arrest him (the "first arrest"), but instead they are met by the military (the military is the only way). They inform the the FBI agents they cannot arrest a sitting president, because Trump enacted continuity of government and has been POTUS all along (devolution). The agents are hauled off to GITMO along with all the co-conspirators, and we all live happily ever after.
I am probably way off base, but it would certainly be a plausible way to reveal the plan to the public en masse.
If this scenario was correct, President Trump would be the President in Exile. Biden would be the Commander in Chief of an Occupying Force. The Occupying Force is implementing these policies, not the exiled government.
If this was a traditional, kinetic conflict it would be easy to visualize. But it is largely covert, and largely fought through information warfare.
Excellent observation. This is not traditional warfare.