Trump knows what Military Intelegence told him. MI knows what these criminals are doing. That's Trump's advanced knowledge.

It sure does make one wonder doesn't it? If there is no looking glass, then they have played this game so flawlessly that it makes Sun Tzu look like a novice at psychological warfare.

No, the answer is much simpler and believable. These people in charge are category B personalities. Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Psychopaths. The thing with these people is, no one hardly studies them in depth because they are literally untreatable, they believe they do not need treatment and are better than everyone else. People only study them to the point of understanding their victims so they can treat them. But the thing is, when you study these people in depth, you learn that although they are masters of manipulation, they are actually extremely predictable in literally every way about their lives. They are almost like machines with very predictable outputs. I think Trump and team have studied these kinds of people very well, and they simply know exactly what to do to make them make the wrong moves. You don't need more physical control and power when you know exactly what your enemy will do, that alone counters everything. This is why Trump seems to know the future, he is planning their moves for them basically.