Trump is not only the first American president to award a sumo trophy, he is also the first foreign leader to have an audience with the newly enthroned Emperor Naruhito.
Sunday, he looked a bit jet-lagged as a series of wrestlers took turns plowing into each other. Trump mostly nodded and occasionally chatted with Abe on one side and First Lady Melania Trump on the other. Abe’s wife, Akie, sat on the other side of Melania.
But Trump has already said he does not expect to strike a trade deal, leaving in place the threat of automobile tariffs that could cripple Japan’s industry.earlier in the day with a tweet that minimized recent North Korean missile tests as “small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me.”
“Understanding the president has a job to do in negotiating, but we do need to push back on North Korea,” she said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”of support for his views from people he leaves unnamed. “Numerous Japanese officials,” he wrote, had told him, “Democrats would rather see the United States fail than see me or the Republican Party succeed.”.
Abe put pressure on Trump by bending over and lifting the heavy Prime Minister’s Cup and handing it to Asanoyama. Trump, who hates to appear weak, clenched his teeth over his lower lip and grabbed his cup too. But before he could lift it, he got an assist from a floor official who helped him carry the trophy, which the White House said weighed 60 to 70 pounds. The silver cup with gold trim and a soaring eagle perched atop the spout stands 54 inches tall, the White House said.
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