As much as I shudder at the prospect of a Trump presidency, my shuddering would not have been possible without President Obama's fecklessness.
Case in point. Obama was whining about Russian interference in the presidential election at his final press conference. Of course, had Hillary won Obama wouldn't be saying boo right now. In any case, what cracked me up was when Obama said that he took Putin aside in September while in China and told him to "cut it out" or there would be "serious consequences". Obama actually believes this stopped any further interference.
But let's be honest. I'm sure Putin laughed in Obama's face. Why would Putin take anything Obama says seriously? Obama didn't enforce his red lines in Syria. And if Russian generals can walk into the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and tell U.S. war planes to get the hell out of the sky then you know the President's word doesn't carry much weight in Middle East much less the Middle West.
Of course with a Russophile like Trump coming into office, Putin is bound not to face any serious consequences for the next four to eight years.
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