“...a government that will steal an election to get rid of a President, is the same government that will murder a President or President-elect if they can’t get rid of him any other way. “
That is the danger for Trump - if he wins.
I think he is safe from the Deep State until then. These people are primarily foxes, not lions. Their comfort zone is manipulation of administrative structures, not violent murder of political opponents.
There are certainly people in the intel/military capable of that. But there is a lot less personal risk to grease foreign rag heads than the most popular politician in the country.
The most likely outcome of the Russo-Ukraine War will be a stalemate, followed by a frozen conflict that is resolved when Putin passes from the scene by coup or natural death.