Trump's rhetoric on Putin has indeed been troubling, in part because it so closely mirrors the credulity with which Obama approached the Kremlin not long ago. Barring any shenanigans in the Electoral College tomorrow, Donald Trump will soon become the fourth US counterpart to Russian President Putin. President Obama says he's offering ‘guidance' and ‘counsel' to his incoming successor. One only hopes he's more candid in private than he has been in public about his mistakes over the last eight years, from ‘reset' to ‘red line'.
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