I've been saying this for months: Trump holds all the cards. He has all the financial transactions, all the (NSA) transcripts, all the deleted emails, all the recorded meetings, etc.
It's what to do with that kind of winning hand that becomes the critical operation. I you were playing high stakes poker and were dealt a royal flush, would you tip your hand and cause others to flee, or attempt to get the pot as large as possible?
All this rope a dope stuff is the process of increasing the pressure and build up to the ultimate reveal. Trump is an egoist; he's already president, so what's next? He wants to be a seminal, historical figure. If he destroys the uni-party globalists and helps usher in a new era of liberty for the republic, he'll rank with Washington & Lincoln.
That's what he's shooting for, and he has all the assets to make it happen. He's not going to blow it by not carefully thinking through the strategic reveal(s) that lead to a huge blowout sweep 11/2018.
I bet even CINC is surprised at the fury and persistence of the deep state.