yes, at some point this gambit will be deployed as part of their plan, that's the obvious reason for the trump and fomenting the sentiment towards isolationism and trade sanctions, both of which are favourites of the mainstream "right" du jour

and they can't invoke their covertly trained and funded armies of angry bemasked leftist activists without having The Enemy in the "seat of power" to rebel against

either they cancel the elections, or they wait until they can unleash the hordes to promote a military intervention strategy

the likely path will involve the greatest amount of bullshit and destruction possible, gotta keep the population down... probably they need to selectively cull off the oldies too, since they vote right and they demand welfare... so, there is probably another respiratory virus weapon in the wings