The first week - or day - in office, Trump tried to rescind sanctions Obama had recently placed on Russia as well as return properties confiscated from Russian agents. He opposed placing other sanctions on them throughout his term. Also, in front of the world on stage in Helsinki, Trump said he trusted Putin over our own intelligence agencies, and offered to give him FBI files investigating Russian meddling, as well as turn over two American diplomats. To be interrogated. By Russian secret police.