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MOBARA, Japan (AP) President Donald Trump presented a special Trump trophy to the winner of a sumo tournament in Tokyo on Sunday as he got a taste of one of Japan's most treasured cultural institutions.
The honor given to Trump was part of a charm offensive Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continued Sunday as he courted the president with three things close to his heart: wrestling matches, cheeseburgers and golf.
Call it sumo diplomacy.
The president, first lady Melania Trump, Abe and his wife, Akie, joined an estimated 11,500 fans who packed Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium to watch oversized, muscular men battling in loin cloths.
At the end, Trump stepped into the ring and presented the eagle-topped "President's Cup" to champion wrestler Asanoyama, making him the first American president to participate. Shoes aren't permitted in the sumo ring, but Trump wore dark-colored slippers.
Read more: https://hosted.ap.org/rdrnews/article/9aa600072e11444e86b555569a34f612/trump-downplays-north-korean-missile-tests
Evan Vucci, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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(112,180 posts)I'll laugh at anything.
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(135,832 posts)Timmygoat
(779 posts)Is probably as large a a sumo's if it were not hidden in his long dark jackets. Notice how he could not lift the trophy without help?
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(40,168 posts)IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)from washington post article: (bolding mine)