several countries are about to learn the EU nation elections are rigged. Once the old guard starts being removed in other countries, US obviously does not have control. Pompeo is drawing a clear line so that other countries during unstable times of revelations won't think about taking things a little too far. I think it is a sign that the world is about to awaken, not just the US, and not just the US regarding elections.
D5 - once certain actions are taken, we move irreversibly from potential into kinetic, and the avalanche will be world wide.