The current promotion of "Q = Operation Trust" is indeed fake demoralization propaganda, as you say. It's promoted by shills and amplified continuously by zealous dummies who love to be "right".

The difference is subtle and always left out. That's primarily because the dumb zealots are only up to parroting what they hear.

Firstly, Operation Trust was meant to identify real monarchists and anti-Bolsheviks. Do Qanons wish to keep their identities secret? Quite the opposite, and they only refrain from talking about it because they don't wish to start pointless arguments with inflamed and out-of-control zealots.

Secondly, Operation Trust was aimed at penetrating and disrupting any anti-Bolshevik organization. I mean, what exactly does anyone think Q penetrated and disrupted?

About the closest any of the trolls can come to a justified analogy is that Q is meant to keep anyone from taking action. This is how close Operation Trust came to that:

MUCR kept the monarchist general Alexander Kutepov from active actions, as he was convinced to wait for the development of internal anti-Bolshevik forces. Kutepov had previously believed in militant action as a solution to the Soviet occupation, and had formed the "combat organization", a militant splinter from the Russian All-Military Union led by General Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel. Kutepov also created the Inner Line as a counter-intelligence organization to prevent Bolshevik penetrations. It caused the Cheka some problems but was not overly successful.

If any of these fools think they're clever for discovering that Q derailed incipient military action, I'd say that's proof they've lost their minds and should stay away from keyboards entirely. They won't, because you don't have that kind of sense when you've lost your mind.