Trump has just arrived in Japan

[RazorbackExpat]

Japanese TV is showing his plane at Haneda Airport. His visit is really inconveniencing people who live and work in Tokyo, as they've got 18,000 cops on special assignment for this who are blocking off streets in the capital...

[canetoad]

1. Let's hope

Someone slips him a nice fugu burger with pickles and cheese on a sesame seed bun.

[RazorbackExpat]

2. I'd settle for the same kind of menu they served HW Bush

when he visited in 1991 or early '92 and ended up vomiting in the PM's lap

[canetoad]

3. OMG

I don't remember that. Must look it up.

[RazorbackExpat]

4. A bit of advice for PM Takaichi

Please don't sit next to Trump at a state dinner

[RazorbackExpat]

5. Here you go

George H. W. Bush vomiting incident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush_vomiting_incident

[canetoad]

7. Picture too!

You learn something every day. Thanks for that.

[Jack Bone]

9. REM included it in their song "Ignoreland"

“Hard to walk in dignity with throwup on yer shoes”

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[Jack Valentino]

20. A "good guy with an ancient samurai sword" would satisfy me!

Trigger warning--- Trump's severed head
https://www.google.com/search?q=Trump%27s+severed+head&sca_esv=2fb4accb1dc1e879&hl=en&authuser=0&sxsrf=AE3TifMF8Cspwq3oTsAWFNwK4uhALA0Cjg:1761621169755&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=752&ei=sTQAab_vJfaIwbkP7peuqAw&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaQBCwaos8LBlVD5mVZaU2ghWmy66aj9G&ved=0ahUKEwj_i62g9sWQAxV2RDABHe6LC8UQ4dUDCBc&uact=5&oq=Trump%27s+severed+head&gs_lp=EgNpbWciFFRydW1wJ3Mgc2V2ZXJlZCBoZWFkSJ8rUNgGWOIpcAF4AJABAJgBoAOgAbkUqgEKMTQuMy4yLjAuMbgBA8gBAPgBAYoCC2d3cy13aXotaW1nmAINoALmD6gCCMICChAjGMkCGOoCGCfCAgcQIxjJAhgnwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAggQABiABBixA8ICDhAAGIAEGIoFGLEDGIMBwgIFEAAYgATCAgQQABgDwgIEEAAYHsICBxAAGB4YxwOYAxuSBwkzLjcuMi4wLjGgB8VIsgcJMi43LjIuMC4xuAfLD8IHBjMtMTAuM8gHvQE&sclient=img&udm=2#vhid=2upqE3OgPIr-0M&vssid=mosaic


"Let them eat cake!" when the snap benefits cease...

[GaYellowDawg]

25. With the fillet cut by an untrained chef.

nm

[RazorbackExpat]

6. They've blocked off access to certain Tokyo expressways

This visit is costing the Japanese taxpayer and commuter big yen

[Girard442]

8. With the time zone changes, how will he know when to sundown?

[Jack Valentino]

21. He can't even tell time, anyway...

[hlthe2b]

10. To the people of Japan: I'm sorry... (more than you know)

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Hope he tours all their active volcanos. nt

[RazorbackExpat]

12. LOL

There are plenty to tour.

I've actually stayed at one-- Nasudake

[BlueMTexpat]

13. Just one

would do ... if it works well!

[Rincewind]

14. Where is Godzilla when we need him? nt

[thought crime]

18. On Netflix. Godzilla Minus One.

The greatest Godzilla.

[Aristus]

15. Poor Japan.

They put such a premium on good manners.

Trump is the most boorishly ill-mannered lout who ever lived. I'm sure to the Japanese, he's a walking Superfund site.

[electric_blue68]

19. Ohhh, I hadn't Even Thought about That Aspect!

Ewww!

doumo sumimasen, Japan!
(どうもすみません ), which is pronounced "doh-moh soo-mee-mah-sen"

Like a bull in a Japanese tea-ware shop!

[RazorbackExpat]

16. I'm watching the Takaichi-Trump meeting now

The PM is talking like a FOX host. I wonder how much of that is tatemae, that is, saying what you think the other person wants to hear, and how much is honne, that is saying what you really feel.

[RazorbackExpat]

17. Well, they just had a signing ceremony

At least 3 documents--

One about tariffs
One about cooperation with critical minerals
One about Japanese investment in the US-- 80 trillion yen, or a bit more than $500 billion

[betsuni]

22. Takaichi tells Trump she'll nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize. LOL.

[RazorbackExpat]

24. She was really buttering him up

Repeating all that crap about him stopping wars and taking an unprecedented peace initiative in Gaza and telling him how wonderful his diplomatic skills are. Surely she knows it's a lot of hokum. But I think she realizes she has to stay on his "good" side, because Japan has 3 adversarial neighbors to its immediate west, and Japan needs strategic partnerships for critical minerals and other things. Also, Japan seems have avoided the problems that some Europeans have faced when trying to enter the US, and I would assume she doesn't want to rock that boat.

[betsuni]

26. They know what to do, the late Abe of the epic eyeroll as first foreign leader to visit Trump in 2017 had tales

to tell I'm sure.

[RazorbackExpat]

27. Abe helped to calm Trump down

when Trump visited Japan the first time and threatened to blow North Korea off the map. Then Rex Tillerson came over to tell everyone not to worry.

[RazorbackExpat]

28. Well, the PM looked like she was having fun with Trump

She even went on a helicopter tour with Trump on Marine One. They went to one of the US bases and she and Trump spoke to a bunch of soldiers. About half the soldiers clapped when Trump spoke, but nearly everyone clapped when Ms. Takaichi spoke. She was all gung-ho about the US-Japan alliance and talked about a new "Golden Age" with the US.

[Emile]

23. Overseas vacation (on our dime) while his government is shutdown.

Some fucking leader!

[RazorbackExpat]

29. He apparently made a bunch of deals, not only with Japan,

but also with several ASEAN countries.

Trump strikes deals on trade, critical minerals in Southeast Asia

https://www.mining.com/web/trump-strikes-deals-on-trade-critical-minerals-in-southeast-asia/

[Emile]

30. He needs to make deals with congressional Democrats, and open his government.

Instead The Republican Shutdown continues.

[RazorbackExpat]

31. He's only interested in making deals that involve $$$$$$$$$$

like shaking Japan down for $500 billion in "investments"

That's the equivalent of $4000 per person in Japan