...required to defeat them.
I believe this is an incorrect assumption and one that Trump did not make.
The forces of Evil are a tiny number, necessarily, otherwise the whole concept of a ruling elite is lost. By definition, their model is a few ruling the many.
With most revolutions, a ruling elite first disposes of the useful idiots that enabled them to take power and this is a very large component of the motivation for the toxic jabs. If they are to rule as a tiny minority, they have to...