We've always just been waiting for the start. A lot can be done behind the scenes to take out an evil global cabal of tyrants.
But at some point you have to start playing your cards publicly.
If anything, that starts the mid-game. The only trick is, once Trump plays his cards (should he decide to do so, lol.), the enemy, who has been playing theirs the last four years, will be almost entirely out of ammo.
Then we win.