WASHINGTON, November 3. /TASS/. The expansion of trade and economic ties between Russia and the United States would be an excellent course of developments, US President Donald Trump said on the air with CBS News.

Trump expressed confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin would like to boost trade between the two countries. "I think he wants to come in and he wants to trade with us, and he wants to make a lotta money for Russia, and I think that's great," the US leader said.