[grania]

WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS?? I’d assume they get a four-week vacation until Inauguration. (Unless O is up to some stuff he doesn’t want the Russians to know about)

[elhombrelibre]

American diplomats have been attacked in Russia by FSB agents. Probably some people don’t care, but it’s true and an ongoing problem. Possibly they’ll stop doing it when Trump is sworn in to office.

[kabar]

I doubt that Trump will rush to undo the expulsion. Remember that Obama has asked the intel agencies to provide him with a report prior to leaving office about the hacking of the DNC and Russia's role in it.

Assuming that Obama already knows the results of the investigation, Trump will have to run upstream if the public believes that the Russians must be punished for their interference in our elections. And you can bet that any quick reversal of the Obama policy will be met by staunch Dem and some Rep blowback. It will take time to repair relations. It will take more than four weeks.

[eartick]

WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS??

Putin hurt Obama's stumped toe when the cease fire was finalized.

Even after Obama's assassination of the Russian diplomat could not derail the peace talks.