Current Events-Where is this all going?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/12/14/putin-involved-election-hack/95453054/

Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally involved in efforts to intervene in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, NBC News reported, citing two unnamed "senior U.S. intelligence officials."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/15/obama-threatens-retaliation-against-russia-election-hacking/95501584/

Would BO really be BOLD enough to start something right before he left office? LOL. I woudn't put it past him.

So Bo blames Russia and Trump pisses off China because of Taiwan. Where does this seem to be headed?