True, but he could influence them to result in something according to his will.
But if everything has its uttermost source in him and his will, then no matter what happens to Middle-earth, it will be Iluvatar's will. Ergo, he would have no motivation to influence things.
(I think we're going in circles here.)
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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