K.T. McFarland, former Deputy National Security Advisor and now nominee for Ambassador to Singapore, said in an email to her administration colleagues with regard to Obama's sanctions on Russia for election tinkering:
“If there is a tit-for-tat escalation Trump will have difficulty improving relations with Russia,
which has just thrown U.S.A. election to him.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/email...-flynn-2017-12