President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bonded over a sunny round of golf, double hamburgers for lunch, ringside seats at a sumo wrestling 'basho' and a barbeque dinner
Tokyo A sunny round of golf, double hamburgers for lunch, ringside seats at a sumo wrestling"basho" and a barbeque dinner. Those were the components Sunday of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's latest bid to become President Donald Trump's best global friend.
Whether the hours of male bonding result in wins on trade and security remains to be seen. Before the day even began, there were signs the ardent effort at cultivating the US leader -- started even before he assumed office -- had not paid off in new agreement on North Korea.
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