<br /> Trump has not called for an end to the sanctions on Russia but he has seemed to ease up in recent days, while meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vietnam. Trump said, “We have to get to work to solve Syria, to solve North Korea, to solve Ukraine, to solve terrorism. And, you know, people don’t realize Russia has been very, very heavily sanctioned. They were sanctioned at a very high level, and that took place very recently. <br />