One Piece thread (Spoilers)

I get the interpretation that's shes actually more malevolent than even the sticky fruit guy, I feel like usopp will manage to distract him enough to get a chance to knock her out like perona style. Then the whole dock will beat the sh`it out of him themselves.

Actually rereading the mangastream translation it does seem more likely your scenario

Yeah notice the first panel after the tontatta are going on about how ussopp will save everyone forced to work as toys and the people who forgot they lost loved ones etc she has that ... bubble and this almost sad regretful look on her face.

Having sugar betray dofla just like the others under his command would guarantee collapse of his empire so it's not unlikely to think she would do that since we've already had others go against dofla.