They're not playing games. They're just not as in control of all this as we think. Evil is spreading everywhere. If they could easily bring all this to an end they would have done it already. As Q said, moves and countermoves. As Q also said, its bigger than we could ever know. I suspect that this may even be bigger than even Q or POTUS know.
If this goes into 2019, especially with that UN migration compact, then brace for far worse things. We're watching the purposeful destruction of our societies, and we are powerless to do anything about it except to hope that it gets better. Some things can never be fixed or brought back once they are destroyed.
Don't blame Trump or Q. Civilizations come and go in cycles. I think we're simply approaching the end of ours.
Rome is burning.