Trump explained why he refused to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation: this is what stupid people wanted The US president said that he refused to impose sanctions against Russia for the sake of negotiations with Putin on the release of the American Steven Gabbard from the Russian colony. "While I was negotiating, stupid people wanted me to impose sanctions on Russia," Trump said. "What will it look like? I'm talking to President Putin: 'Mr. President, I'd like to bring Steven Gabbard back and I'm just now imposing sanctions on you,'" he added. And we are on Facebook, Instagram, X, Tiktok Tok, YouTube.