[dragonwriter]

> He's starting something he won't be able to finish.

Pretty much every Presidency has some things started late that are known to carry over into the next administration; quite often (especially when there is a change of parties) this something the incoming President would have handled differently.

That's sort of inherent in the nature of having a crisp point-in-time transfer of power.

[tomohawk]

It's the point-in-time transfer of power that makes this unwise. He has less than a month to go and his top priority is what exactly? It should be on the smooth transition of power. Starting a tit-for-tat with Russia should be left to the next guy.