President Obama expels 35 diplomats in Cold War deja vu. As everybody, including people, will be glad to see the last of this hapless Administraion.
When Vladimir Putin decided not to respond to Barack Obama’s latest sanctions against Russia for meddling in the U.S. elections, it was a way to belittle Obama, portraying him as an angry and insecure president.
“We will not lower ourselves to the level of irresponsible ‘backroom’ diplomacy,” Putin’s statement said on December 30th. “It is a shame that the Obama administration is ending its term in this manner…Nevertheless, I offer my New Year greetings to President Obama and his family.”
Putin even went as far as to invite the children of U.S. diplomats in Russia to attend the Kremlin’s holiday parties — free of charge