Which countries have imposed personal sanctions on Donald Trump and when?
Executive summary
Available sources do not record any foreign governments that have imposed personal sanctions on Donald Trump; reporting in the current dataset instead documents U.S. domestic measures by the Biden and Trump administrations (travel bans, tariffs, sanctions programs) and discussion of wider sanctions policy but not states individually sanctioning the U.S. president (not found in current reporting). The sources show U.S. policy actions expanding travel bans to 12 core countries and partial restrictions on seven more on June 4, 2025 [1] [2], and broader U.S. sanctions architecture managed by OFAC [3].
1. No foreign “personal sanctions” on Trump are listed in these sources
Search results here include discussion of travel bans, tariffs, and sanctions legislation but contain no report that any country has placed personal, individual sanctions on Donald Trump himself; the documents and articles supplied do not mention any state imposing asset freezes, travel bans or targeted designations on Trump personally (not found in current reporting). The results therefore cannot substantiate a list of countries and dates that have sanctioned him individually.
2. What the sources do document: U.S. travel bans and immigration holds
The material repeatedly documents U.S. executive action restricting entry for citizens of specified countries: a June 4, 2025 proclamation banned entry for citizens of 12 countries and partially restricted seven others (naming Afghanistan, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen among those fully restricted) [1]. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the U.S. would expand the travel ban to “over 30” countries by December 2025 [2]. USCIS paused processing immigration benefits for nationals of 19 countries subject to that travel ban [4].
3. U.S. sanctions framework exists but is about programs, not naming Trump
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control administers many sanctions programs — blocking assets and trade restrictions — and is the mechanism the United States uses to impose individual, entity or country designations [3]. The sources describe OFAC’s role and sanctions types but do not report it or any foreign counterpart having designated Donald Trump [3].
4. Legislation and rhetoric about secondary sanctions and tariffs
Several sources record proposals and rhetoric from or supported by President Trump and U.S. lawmakers about imposing very large tariffs or sanctions on countries that trade with Russia (including mention of legislation proposing 500% tariffs on certain imports) and threats to “very severely” sanction nations that continue business with Moscow [5] [6]. Those items are policy proposals aimed at foreign states and commercial flows, not evidence of countries sanctioning Trump personally [5] [6].
5. Contrasting what would count as a “personal sanction”
A true personal sanction would be a foreign government’s formal designation of an individual (asset freeze, travel ban, visa restriction) targeted at that person. The sources here instead show government-level measures that either (a) target foreign nationals’ entry to the United States, (b) impose or discuss country-level tariffs/sanctions, or (c) outline how U.S. sanctions programs operate — none of which equals a foreign government listing Donald Trump by name [1] [4] [3] [5].
6. Why this matters and limits of the record
If you are seeking a catalogue of countries that have personally sanctioned Donald Trump and corresponding dates, the dataset provided does not contain that information (not found in current reporting). The file set does include extensive reporting on U.S. domestic measures that affect foreign nationals and on proposed U.S. secondary sanctions or tariffs that could affect other countries’ economies [1] [4] [5] [6]. To confirm whether any foreign state has ever applied personal sanctions to Trump would require sources outside this collection.
7. How to proceed to get a definitive answer
Obtain reporting or official lists from foreign ministries, the EU, Canada, the UK, or other jurisdictions known to use personal designations, or consult international sanctions trackers (for example OFAC-style lists, EU sanctions registry, or national foreign office statements). Those specific records are not present among the sources supplied here (not found in current reporting).