“We need to take action,” the president said. “And we will — at the time and place of our choosing.”
(via Obama Says U.S. Will Retaliate for Russia’s Election Meddling – The New York Times)
Does Trump see the trap here? If he ends the investigation and reverses the sanctions he will be sending a clear signal that he is Putin’s puppet. If he doesn’t then Putin will want to pressure him to reverse leading people to ask if he owns Putin something.