Your points are well-taken; but, I think they point more to timing of the takedown of enemies rather than letting them walk.
Certainly the Trump/Q faction would analyze impact on elections in both 2018 and 2020, in order to continue and expand the important work.
Meanwhile, the swamp is getting drained; just not as fast as we would like.
My post was really just about perspective...in a long-winded way.