Trump admin updates: Trump teases 'big day' at White House

President Donald Trump said he believed the United States and Russia could engage in trade talks as a result of the upcoming meeting of the president and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Asked if he believed "normal trade" could happen between the U.S. and Russia should the meeting go well, Trump said "I do."

"Russia has a very valuable piece of land. If Vladimir Putin would go toward business instead of toward war, you know, it's a warring nation. That's what they do," Trump said.

President Donald Trump was asked on Monday about his upcoming sit-down with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

"This is really a feel-out meeting, a little bit," Trump said.

"President Putin invited me to get involved. He wants us to get involved. I think, I believe, he wants to get it over," he said.

Trump said he would call European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy immediately after he and Putin meet.

"The next meeting will be with Zelenskyy and Putin, or Zelenskyy and Putin and me. I'll be there if they need, but I want to have a meeting set up between the two leaders," the president said.

Asked if similar actions will be taken in other major cities around the United States, President Donald Trump said he will "see what happens" and said he hopes some of them "self clean up."

He singled out Chicago and Los Angeles as cities that need improvement.

"If we need to, we're going to do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster," Trump said, slamming the city's mayor and Illinois' governor.

President Donald Trump was asked on Monday about reports that he is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

"We're only looking at that, that's early," Trump responded. He added, "Some people like it. Some people hate it."

Marijuana is currently classified as a Schedule I drug, listed alongside heroin and LSD as "drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse."