If there is no plan then Hillary would have been president in '16 and the world would be shit right now.
Why would the DS delay their plan with Trump, wake up people and then go for their plan, instead of just go for the plan?
Think about it.
Remember the movie Deja Vu starring Denzel Washington. They use a computer called SnowWhite to connect/see/travel to the past via a wormhole.