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...

Agreed. Strategic 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...