@judgedread I think they more thought Obama would be a flash in the pan that would not matter much, and the riots would serve to merry-go-round them right back into office like it did in the 90's. They did not expect him to get re-elected while pulling a Stalin-like purge of critical power nodes while they were occupied spooling up the campaign to shell the Donbass to consolidate Ukriane. Obama worked to corrupt the federal electoral process into a Tammany-Hall style machine the moment he walked into the White House. I'm not going to get into his purge of the USMIL officer corps, other than to mention it.

Of course, Obama is probably a catspaw for a Team A hive archon, but whoever that is, they got away with a successful power play that is still paying dividends today. That work was fundamental to the Jan 6 steal.

Team B's deep legal processes can put a stop to this, but at this point it's not guaranteed (but still very likely), Team A has made enough headway to be a real threat. It's apparent that the planned time frame for this will be coordinated with Trump's re-election campaign.

Estimated time left for Team A to run amok : 10 months. Presuming Trump takes the reigns next Feb it will take about a 60 day push after inauguration to get matters fully under control. 2 more years after that to process the belligerents.

Between there and now : Another push by Team A to flood the USA with more shitskins, combined with an expansion of the franchise to non-citizens, with UBI for the same on top. Also probably more Stimulus Check nonsense as the GAE half of the "global" economy seizes in the background.