Kudos to Obama for taking these steps. Standing up to Russia, supporting 2-State peace, and banning resource development around Alaska are all necessary and urgent things to do.

If this were any other president-elect, and any other transition, the sitting president could just focus on folding up the tents and assisting with the transition. But the president-elect is reckless, irresponsible, and exceedingly dangerous, so Obama has to take responsibility for safeguarding American values and interests as much as possible in his waning administration.