I do not think we should accept this without question. IF DJT was being supported and protected by a military faction intent on preserving the Republic as constituted, it is not unreasonable to assume that HRC and the DNC was aware of this threat to their plans to establish a new order. This would explain why the coup began so early to conduct opposition research against Trump, and designed an elaborate convoluted scheme to project their perfidious collusion with foreign co-conspirators, especially the Russians, on to Trump.
Also supporting this theory is the vast sums of money assigned to construct - and protect and hide - this projection scheme. . . . and, of course, all made possible with the support of a 100% corrupt media.
These are the times that try men's souls...
There is no "if" about it, IMHO. The military/NSA faction backing Trump is as real as a heart attack, and they've been working on this takedown of the NWO cabal for a number of years with (apparently) sterling opsec.
The cabal is intrinsically dark-minded and duplicitous, especially within the uppermost tiers. The upper tier of the cabal probably had awareness of the military faction not long after Trump announced, but HRC and the DNC would have only been told what their masters deemed as 'need to know'. The cabal hierarchy may well have thought it best to focus the attention of their operatives on Trump personally, rather than some wild-sounding 'conspiracy' behind him, because he was seen as the most vulnerable target.