Agreed. Strategy fluctuates depending on how circumstances play out... moves and countermoves. They had pawns ready to move, but the planning was late stage. I think the original assumption was that MAGA was going to start full on hot civil war, and when that didn't happen, a new powder keg event had to be devised. It sure seemed like many of the people in DC that day, Congressmen and media in particular, prepared their reactions to fit a script of massive death and destruction, truly a "worst day in US History" as opposed to comedy hour that actually took place. To me, it looked like a half baked audible that they weren't prepared to have to use...