WATCH: Japan PM Takaichi Gifts Trump a Golf Bag Signed by Hideki Matsuyama and PM Abe’s Putter |N18G

WATCH: Japan PM Takaichi Gifts Trump a Golf Bag Signed by Hideki Matsuyama and PM Abe’s Putter |N18G

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PM Takaichi gifts President Trump a golf bag signed by Hideki Matsuyama and Prime Minister Abe’s putter.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi kicked off Tuesday’s bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump with a warm welcome, heralding what she said she hoped would mark “a new golden age of the Japan-US alliance.”
US President Donald Trump told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that he believes she will be “one of the great prime ministers” during their meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Welcoming the US leader to the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, the she offered effusive praise for Trump’s work to secure a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, while pledging Japan’s support “toward our shared goal of achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
And, in a nod to the United States’ 250th anniversary next year, Takaichi confirmed that Japan would donate 250 cherry blossom trees to Washington, DC.
Trump has described Abe as “one of my best friends – one of, maybe, my closest friends in government.” And as he arrived at Akasaka Palace on Tuesday, he told the new prime minister, “Shinzo was a great man – he loved you.” Abe was assassinated during a campaign speech in 2022. Trump hosted Abe’s widow, Mrs. Akie Abe, at Mar-a-Lago last year.
During her opening remarks at a bilateral meeting, Takaichi thanked Trump for his “enduring friendship” with Abe.
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