U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe played golf over the weekend. More here:
TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday played golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and presented a trophy to the winner of a sumo tournament, turning to personal diplomacy for the second day of a Japan visit shadowed by tough trade talk.
Trump, the first U.S. president to watch sumo in the sport’s homeland, waved to the audience as he entered the hallowed Kokugikan and then saluted them with applause as they waved and raised their phones to take photos. Trump, using a special set of wooden stairs fitted to the sumo ring, presented the 25-year-old Asanoyama with the President’s Cup, a trophy topped with a bald eagle, the U.S. national bird.“In honor of your outstanding achievement as Sumo Grand Champion, I hereby award you the United States President’s Cup,” Trump said, reading from a prize certificate.
U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and wife Akie Abe watch the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokigikan Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstLater, prior to the start of dinner at a traditional Japanese restaurant where the food is handed to the diners on paddles, Trump said the two had had a productive day.
Beef was also heavily in play at lunch. The golf was followed by double cheeseburgers made with U.S. beef, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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