Re: [After all are settled in...]
A feint it may have been, but I do assure you, if it had succeeded I doubt she would have simply dropped the ball with a cheerful "just kidding."
I can't say exactly what her ultimate goals are, but I can make a fairly accurate guess, and no, it doesn't particularly bode well for anyone of the small and squishy side of things. Or honestly even? The large and generally less squishy either.
Self absorbsion does wonders for letting things continue as they do.
Now then, I have heard what you are offering to very nearly everyone who'd listen. DO you actually have a plan besides pass it on and hope for the best?