You can play the Trump Card anytime after the point, you have deduced the cards your opponent has left, and you KNOW by playing it, you will win the game.
You can play it later, than sooner, if you want to see your opponent twist in the wind a little. But if they are good card players, they will know they are beat.
I suppose they could turn the table over and cause chaos, but then they still lose. You might have to chase them down to get your winnings.
you have to play it sometime. Depending on what other cards you are holding, you could actually have the game won before playing the Trump Card.
You generally play the Trump Card to make the most impact.
You play the Trump card when you can do the most damage to your opponent, so they can not win the game with the cards they have left.
Q and Q+ have forced the cabal to use up all of the ammo, so to speak.
The cards they have left are fillers, they cannot win the game with what they are holding.
You play the Trump card to do the most damage
So what cards does the cabal have left?
oh my. spittin image.
And although RR will go out disgraced, he will have proven to be a Patriot by providing the cover and time needed for Huber to do his work and Barr to step up.
Q said "the" TRUMP card, not 'A' TRUMP CARD.
Does that imply there is only one Trump card.
Or that there are many 'trump' cards, but only one 'TRUMP' card, a really big one that POTUS plays.
The other trump cards are ones that other agencies play.
If you are holding the highest TRUMP card, you generally play it on top of the opponents highest card.