BREAKING: President Trump and Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi have just signed an OFFICIAL agreement securing rare earths and critical minerals, REDUCING reliance on China.
The Trump X Takaichi alliance is off to an incredible start
"Anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there."
President Trump congratulated Japan's first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, calling the U.S. an ally of the country "at the strongest level."
Trump: "The whole issue of the women. Comfort women. Very specifically. We talked and that was a very big problem for Korea, not for Japan. Japan was, wanted to go, they want to get on. But Korea was very stuck on that."
.@POTUS to PM Takaichi: "Shinzo Abe was a great friend of mine... He spoke so well of you, long before we met, and I'm not surprised to see that you are now the Prime Minister — and he would be very happy to know that, and I congratulate you on behalf of the United States."
EPIC! JAPAN PM SANAE TAKAICHI watched MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL with President Trump before today's meeting!
"Sorry to keep you all waiting. As a matter of fact, Mr. President and I myself just enjoyed watching the Major League Baseball match!"
"We really enjoyed it!"
WOW! What a WELCOME the Japanese gave President Trump at Akasaka Palace.
This is the kind of respect you have to earn.
I voted to be represented by this man on the world stage, and I'm not disappointed.