Sorry, I missed that in my read and edit.

Fixed. Thx.

It incorrectly says Obama's inauguration.

It was Obama's resignation at the end of his 8 year term.

should ". to Obama's inauguration ." read "Trump's inauguration"?

To me, in the context above, is there a misprint?

Note: in the past year, this is the first time I have spelled the fool's name in the white house correctly.

Just carelessness on the author's behalf.

That is really not the most reasonable interpretation of Mcfarland's email.

And here is the fuller quote from the email. Scroll down a bit:

Link to tweet

It's damning either way.

I'm not saying the email isn't damning. It shows they were consumed with Russia, while all this time they were saying they had no communications.

But she's claiming that Obama is boxing them in because if they object to the sanctions it might make people wonder if there was a quid pro quo.

She's not claiming in this email that she knows Russia helped them win the election.

in the longer version because it adds the part about releasing something that catches Russia red-handed.

This means they acknowledge that there was some "red-handed" Russian thing to release.

I think the point of the "tit for tat" escalation line is that Obama is creating that "tit for tat" scenario and that makes it hard for Donald to pay the Russians back for their favor.

The interpretation these tweets are pushing doesn't make sense. It's not what is being said.

She's surmising that Obama might be gaming them and holding back evidence until after Trump responds.

the election to Trump.

holding back evidence, that means they know evidence exists.

I don't know what that person meant exactly. But it's not good for Trump.

But those people are paranoid, if they think Obama passed sanctions against Russia to box Trump in. They think everyone is like they are. I doubt Obama would play around with U S foreign policy just for the sake of irritating Trump or trying to damage his Presidency. Obama's a pretty ethical person, as well as a patriot. He was also on the way out, wrapping things up, and looking forward to his freedom.