Sundance has had that opinion for months. Believes the Deep State will protect itself above all else (he's right on that point), and doesn't think there's a larger plan at work (on that point he's wrong, imo). He thinks it will all get swept under the rug.
Yup. That's the rational, reasonable expectation based on past history. TCTH/SD are not fans of Q (doesn't mean they're bad, just not interested), thus they believe everything will go as it always has.