Sweet; Pres. Trump continues his worldwide touring with a triumphant visit to Japan, where he received the royal treatment, and hit it off with their new, 1st female PM.
SEOUL, South Korea — Newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Trump appeared to get along famously in their first meeting Tuesday.
At their bilateral summit in Tokyo, the two signed a partnership deal on strategic materials and discussed Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, a conservative touchstone in Tokyo. They also released some eagerly awaited details of a huge but formerly vague Japanese investment pledge in the U.S.
Mr. Trump, on a tour of the Indo-Pacific, was also joined by Ms. Takaichi as he addressed U.S. troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, docked at Yokosuka Naval Base in Tokyo Bay.
“I have always had a great love of Japan and a great respect of Japan, and I will say that this will be a relationship that will be stronger than ever before,” Mr. Trump told Ms. Takaichi in the State Guest House in Tokyo. “Anytime you have any question, any doubt, anything you want, any favors you need, anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there.”
Ms. Takaichi said the bilateral partnership was entering “a golden era” and would become “the greatest alliance in the world.”
Trump, Japan PM Takaichi hit it off in Tokyo, sign cooperation agreement on strategic rare earths
SEOUL, South Korea — Newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Trump appeared to get along famously in their first meeting Tuesday.
At their bilateral summit in Tokyo, the two signed a partnership deal on strategic materials and discussed Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, a conservative touchstone in Tokyo. They also released some eagerly awaited details of a huge but formerly vague Japanese investment pledge in the U.S.
Mr. Trump, on a tour of the Indo-Pacific, was also joined by Ms. Takaichi as he addressed U.S. troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, docked at Yokosuka Naval Base in Tokyo Bay.
“I have always had a great love of Japan and a great respect of Japan, and I will say that this will be a relationship that will be stronger than ever before,” Mr. Trump told Ms. Takaichi in the State Guest House in Tokyo. “Anytime you have any question, any doubt, anything you want, any favors you need, anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there.”
Ms. Takaichi said the bilateral partnership was entering “a golden era” and would become “the greatest alliance in the world.”
