Trump: U.S. needs to resume trade with Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump said that restarting trade with Russia could be highly advantageous for both nations. He expressed regret that Washington and Moscow were not able to have normal trade relations before.

"We weren't able to trade very much or any of that, which was a shame, because, you know, a lot of success could have been had by trading with Russia. They have great land, great minerals, and other things, and we have things that they want very badly," Trump said.

Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump said he had "a good and very productive" phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin before his meeting with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.