What you describe has also been the way I've looked at it. But the more I think about it, the more it seems that this view leaves out a few key items (or leaves them 'vaguely undefined'). How do these widely-spread individuals coordinate? How are their actions protected from 'checks and balances', oversight, law enforcement, etc? How are they insulated from 'the next administration'?

I've always assumed 'well, they all go back to the same (external) puppetmaster'. And that explanation 'kinda works', but it seems somewhat unsatisfying the longer I look at it.

It also doesn't explain how Trump can assertively claim that 'Patriots Are Now In Control' and 'NCSWIC'. We know that (almost) all of those people are still in place, so how has the power shifted? I think some 'control center' (or 'core') has been successfully 'taken'.

And in typical Trump style, the 'reveal' is extremely slow and patient. (Excruciating for us, but calculated for maximum effect.) Nothing is rushed, no opportunity wasted.

What you describe has also been the way I've looked at it. But the more I think about it, the more it seems that this view leaves out a few key items (or leaves them 'vaguely undefined'). How do these widely-spread individuals coordinate? How are their actions protected from 'checks and balances', oversight, law enforcement, etc? How are they insulated from 'the next administration'?

I've always assumed 'well, they all go back to the same (external) puppetmaster'. And that explanation 'kinda works', but it seems somewhat unsatisfying the longer I look at it.

It also doesn't explain how Trump can assertively claim that 'Patriots Are Now In Control' and 'NCSWIC'. We know that (almost) all of those people are still in place, so how has the power shifted? I think some 'control center' (or 'core') has been successfully 'taken'.

And in typical Trump style, the 'reveal' is extremely slow and patient. (Excruciating for us, but calculated for maximum effect.) Nothing is rushed, no opportunity wasted.