"I Remember Pearl Harbor," Frustrated Trump Tells Abe: U.S. Paper
Washington, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)--U.S. President Donald Trump voiced his strong frustration at his country's trade deficit with Japan at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in June, The Washington Post reported online Tuesday.
According to the article, Trump said during the "tense" meeting, "I remember Pearl Harbor," referring to Japan's surprise attack that propelled the United States into World War II.
Then the president "launched into a blistering critique of Japan's economic policies," the major daily quoted people familiar with the Abe-Trump conversation as saying.
Trump "railed against the U.S. trade deficit with Japan and urged Abe to negotiate a bilateral trade deal that is more favorable to U.S. exporters of beef and automobiles." But Abe "rebuffed Trump's overture," the paper reported.
This is the first detailed media report on Trump's dissatisfaction at Japan, a close U.S. ally.
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