On December 29, 2016, the Obama Administration announced that in response to Russian cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election, it was imposing sanctions and other measures on several Russian individuals and entities. When first asked about the sanctions, President-Elect Trump said, “I think we ought to get on with our lives.”

-Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election as prepared by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III, for the U.S. Department of Justice.