Originally Posted by Guest

While Putin is not a religious man, I do think he gives ehnthisiatics thanks to God to have such an effeminate sap in Obama for an opponent. He recognizes that "the gift of Obama" is time limited because even our declining society, will only do stupid things for so long. Putin realizes he may have to deal with Trump or Fiorina so it only makes sense to extract as much as he can from the embarrassing Don Quixote currently serving as President. It's a rational strategy by Putin. His level of contempt for Obama, btw, is palpable..