"He's Completely Lost": People Can't Stop Laughing At Trump After He Seemingly Looked Confused During His Visit To Japan

Phantasmal said:
Is he saluting the Japanese flag?
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No, imbecile.

President Trump did not salute the Japanese flag during his official visit to Japan from October 27-29, 2025.

Video footage and eyewitness accounts from the arrival ceremony at the State Guest House in Tokyo show him walking past the aligned U.S. and Japanese flags without stopping to salute or acknowledge the Japanese flag specifically, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi bowed appropriately in front of both.

Earlier in the trip, at the Yokosuka naval base, he saluted U.S. military personnel upon arriving by helicopter on the USS George Washington, but this was directed at American service members, not the Japanese flag. Social media clips and news reports from outlets like Nikkei Asia and Fox News confirm he instead saluted or fist-pumped in other contexts tied to U.S. symbols, such as upon landing in Tokyo.
 
As a reminder:


President Trump's administration has pursued an aggressive "America First" approach to trade with Japan, emphasizing reciprocal tariffs, massive foreign investments in U.S. industries, and diversification of supply chains away from China.

This strategy builds on his first-term U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement (signed in 2019), but has escalated during his second term with high-stakes negotiations involving threatened tariffs. The deals aim to boost U.S. manufacturing, semiconductors, shipbuilding, and energy sectors while securing commitments from Japan to invest heavily in America.

Key developments occurred during Trump's Asia tour in late October 2025, where he met Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (the country's first female leader) in Tokyo on October 28. This visit reaffirmed and expanded prior pacts amid ongoing U.S. tariff threats.
  • July 2025 Strategic Trade and Investment Agreement:
    • Japan pledged $550 billion in investments into U.S. industries over Trump's term, focusing on semiconductors, critical minerals, shipbuilding, and energy infrastructure. This includes public funds from Tokyo, giving the U.S. broad control over allocation—such as reviving American shipyards and funding an Alaska natural gas pipeline.
    • In exchange, Japanese imports face a baseline 15% U.S. tariff (lower than Trump's initial threats of up to 60% on autos and steel), providing Japan predictability but still raising costs for its exporters.
    • Additional private-sector deals: Japanese firms like JERA committed $1.5 billion to U.S. shale gas, and Tohoku Electric signed a $100 million+ contract for American thermal coal. Japan also agreed to buy more U.S. agricultural products (corn, rice) and vehicles (e.g., Ford F-150s).
    • Rationale: Trump framed this as a "generational shift" to realign economic relations, countering China's dominance (which controls ~70% of global shipbuilding orders and 80%+ of rare earths). The White House highlighted it as securing "trillions" in total foreign investment for U.S. industrial revival.
  • October 28, 2025, "Golden Age" Implementation and Expansion in Tokyo:
    • Trump and Takaichi signed documents implementing the July trade deal, including a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on shipbuilding. This aligns investments, procurement, workforce training, and AI tech-sharing to expand U.S. and Japanese capacities for commercial and defense vessels, creating American jobs while keeping 90% of profits domestic.
    • A separate Critical Minerals and Rare Earths Agreement secures diversified supplies for electronics, EVs, and defense tech (e.g., fighter jets). It uses economic tools and joint investments to build "fair markets," reducing reliance on China, which has imposed export curbs. This was timed ahead of Trump's meeting with China's Xi Jinping on October 30 in South Korea.
    • New-Generation Nuclear Power Deal: Cooperation on advanced reactors to enhance energy security and reopen Japanese nuclear exports, aligning with Takaichi's priorities for affordable power and tech leadership.
    • Trump praised Takaichi's defense spending hike to 2% of GDP and offered "anything you want," while she reaffirmed the alliance as the "greatest in the world."
These deals are projected to drive U.S. growth by funneling Japanese capital into strategic sectors, potentially adding tens of thousands of jobs in manufacturing and energy.

For Japan, benefits include tariff stability, access to U.S. markets, and joint tech advancements, but at the cost of subsidizing American revival—equivalent to over 10% of Japan's 2024 GDP.

Social media buzz highlights enthusiasm ("Trump inked another great trade deal").

This fits Trump's Asia tour wins, including preliminary pacts with Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and sets the stage for a potential U.S.-China truce pausing steeper tariffs.

Overall, the Japan deals underscore Trump's leverage-through-tariffs playbook, delivering U.S. gains.
 
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Trump was bragging again about passing the cognition test. I am sure that there are old people here who have taken it. It is designed to be simple; it just tries to ferret out if you have beginning alzheimers or a mental problem. He said AOC or Crocket should take the test, and they would not pass it because it is tough. It is far from tough. They would go through it easily.
Trump has never been quick-witted or cared about education. He is going down from that low level. Trump cannot afford much mental decline. America cannot afford it either.
 
Nordberg said:
Trump was bragging again about passing the cognition test. I am sure that there are old people here who have taken it. It is designed to be simple; it just tries to ferret out if you have beginning alzheimers or a mental problem. He said AOC or Crocket should take the test, and they would not pass it because it is tough. It is far from tough. They would go through it easily. Trump has never been quick-witted or cared about education. He is going down from that low level. Trump cannot afford much mental decline. America cannot afford it either.
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Diogenes said:
As a reminder:


President Trump's administration has pursued an aggressive "America First" approach to trade with Japan, emphasizing reciprocal tariffs, massive foreign investments in U.S. industries, and diversification of supply chains away from China.

This strategy builds on his first-term U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement (signed in 2019), but has escalated during his second term with high-stakes negotiations involving threatened tariffs. The deals aim to boost U.S. manufacturing, semiconductors, shipbuilding, and energy sectors while securing commitments from Japan to invest heavily in America.

Key developments occurred during Trump's Asia tour in late October 2025, where he met Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (the country's first female leader) in Tokyo on October 28. This visit reaffirmed and expanded prior pacts amid ongoing U.S. tariff threats.
  • July 2025 Strategic Trade and Investment Agreement:
    • Japan pledged $550 billion in investments into U.S. industries over Trump's term, focusing on semiconductors, critical minerals, shipbuilding, and energy infrastructure. This includes public funds from Tokyo, giving the U.S. broad control over allocation—such as reviving American shipyards and funding an Alaska natural gas pipeline.
    • In exchange, Japanese imports face a baseline 15% U.S. tariff (lower than Trump's initial threats of up to 60% on autos and steel), providing Japan predictability but still raising costs for its exporters.
    • Additional private-sector deals: Japanese firms like JERA committed $1.5 billion to U.S. shale gas, and Tohoku Electric signed a $100 million+ contract for American thermal coal. Japan also agreed to buy more U.S. agricultural products (corn, rice) and vehicles (e.g., Ford F-150s).
    • Rationale: Trump framed this as a "generational shift" to realign economic relations, countering China's dominance (which controls ~70% of global shipbuilding orders and 80%+ of rare earths). The White House highlighted it as securing "trillions" in total foreign investment for U.S. industrial revival.
  • October 28, 2025, "Golden Age" Implementation and Expansion in Tokyo:
    • Trump and Takaichi signed documents implementing the July trade deal, including a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on shipbuilding. This aligns investments, procurement, workforce training, and AI tech-sharing to expand U.S. and Japanese capacities for commercial and defense vessels, creating American jobs while keeping 90% of profits domestic.
    • A separate Critical Minerals and Rare Earths Agreement secures diversified supplies for electronics, EVs, and defense tech (e.g., fighter jets). It uses economic tools and joint investments to build "fair markets," reducing reliance on China, which has imposed export curbs. This was timed ahead of Trump's meeting with China's Xi Jinping on October 30 in South Korea.
    • New-Generation Nuclear Power Deal: Cooperation on advanced reactors to enhance energy security and reopen Japanese nuclear exports, aligning with Takaichi's priorities for affordable power and tech leadership.
    • Trump praised Takaichi's defense spending hike to 2% of GDP and offered "anything you want," while she reaffirmed the alliance as the "greatest in the world."
These deals are projected to drive U.S. growth by funneling Japanese capital into strategic sectors, potentially adding tens of thousands of jobs in manufacturing and energy.

For Japan, benefits include tariff stability, access to U.S. markets, and joint tech advancements, but at the cost of subsidizing American revival—equivalent to over 10% of Japan's 2024 GDP.

Social media buzz highlights enthusiasm ("Trump inked another great trade deal").

This fits Trump's Asia tour wins, including preliminary pacts with Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and sets the stage for a potential U.S.-China truce pausing steeper tariffs.

Overall, the Japan deals underscore Trump's leverage-through-tariffs playbook, delivering U.S. gains.
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TOP said:
That's hilarious... You've got TDS bad🤣🤣🤣
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I see. So trump hasn't commented on either place recently? He's TRIGGERED over this series. He just claimed that neither team will be invited to the White House. As if either one would accept an invite to eat cold fast food.

But do fantasize about trump all you want. We're just here to point and laugh.
 
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