Article snippet: Posted at 4:00 am on June 24, 2017 by Jay Caruso President Obama blinked after engaging in a stare-down with Russian President Vladimir Putin and in doing so, reveals that he was more interested in the political ramifications of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. If you remember, President Obama held a news conference in the middle of December following the election, claiming he told Putin on election interference, to “cut it out.” The President, doing his best impersonation of Rober De Niro as Al Capone in ‘The Untouchables’ (“Somebody messed with me, I’m going to mess with him.”) also said he sent a message to the Kremlin saying, “we can do stuff to you.” It was all an act. The Washington Post published a lengthy story detailing the Obama administration response to Russian interference, and the story is quite startling, especially when Obama, informed in August 2016 of the interference, effectively did nothing, even after being told Putin was going to continue. Options presented to the President included: Following that is this eye-popping revelation: It’s insanity on a level that’s hard to comprehend. Essentially, Barack Obama failed to act because he was too afraid Vladimir Putin might release information that might be more damaging to Democrats and particularly, Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Obama administration, believing at that point Hillary was going to win, decided it was better to sit back and do nothing, rather than risk the scorn of Donal... Link to the full article to read more