'Low expectations' for Trump's trip to meet Japan's new emperor

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President Donald Trump will land in Japan on Saturday for a series of high-level meetings, but White House officials and experts say to expect a trip heavy on pomp-and-circumstance and light on substance.

In a sign of how important the U.S.-Japanese relationship is to the Asian country, Trump will become the first foreign leader to meet its new emperor, Naruhito. He will also meet several times with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for discussions on a list of issues ranging from trade to North Korea.

A White House official set noticeably modest expectations for the Trump-Abe talks, saying the duo likely will make “some announcements” while not describing them as major developments. “I don’t think that the purpose of this trip is to focus on trade. It’s really to be state guests of their majesties,” he said of the new emperor and his wife.

Matthew Goodman, who worked on Asian economic issues for the Obama White House, said “one should have pretty low expectations”.

https://www.rollcall.com/news/3-things-watch-low-expectations-trumps-trip-meet-japans-new-emperor

[captain queeg]

2. I expect the great wordsmith will embarrass himself , the US, and probably somehow Japan

Wanna bet? Any takers?

[ooky]

3. They are really going out on the limb with that prediction.

[irisblue]

4. I am always suprised the Japanese ever let any US President back into Japan

From wiki...."On January 8, 1992, about 8:20 p.m JST, while attending a banquet hosted by the Prime Minister of Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa, U.S. President George H. W. Bush fainted, after vomiting in Miyazawa's lap.


ApricotHellbeast could do worse I guess.