🔗 Share this article

Ex-President Donald Trump was given a imperial greeting on Monday in Japan, the next stop of a five-day Asia trip which he hopes to cap with an deal on a trade conflict ceasefire with China's leader Xi Jinping.

Diplomatic Engagements

The former president, undertaking his longest journey abroad since taking office in the start of the year, announced deals with multiple Asian nations during the opening phase in Malaysia and is projected to meet Xi in South Korea on later this week.

President Trump exchanged greetings with dignitaries on the airport runway and offered a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his chopper carried him away for a picturesque evening excursion of Japan's capital. His official vehicles was afterwards spotted arriving at the royal compound, where he had discussions with Japanese monarch Naruhito.

Economic Agreements

Donald Trump has already won a $550-billion investment pledge from Japan in return for respite from punishing import tariffs.

The nation's newly elected prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is hoping to further impress Trump with commitments to acquire US light trucks, soybeans and fuel, and announce an agreement on shipbuilding.

Takaichi, who assumed the role of Japan's initial woman prime minister in the past seven days, told Trump that strengthening their international partnership was her "top priority" in a telephonic discussion on Saturday.

Further News

• The US and China have agreed a structure for a trade deal only a short time before Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping are due to meet. The economic official the treasury head said the agreement, established on the periphery of the regional bloc meeting in the Malaysian nation on the weekend, would eradicate the danger of the imposition of complete taxes on Chinese imports starting on 1 November.
• Donald Trump has overseen the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the initial day of an Asian journey. The American leader reached Malaysia on the weekend before the ASEAN summit in the capital, Malaysia's capital.
• The Muslim civil rights group has alleged the Trump administration of a "obvious offense to free speech" after government immigration agents arrested English correspondent, the journalist, on the weekend.

Donald Trump said he was looking forward to having discussions with Japan's leader, a key partner of his passed away associate and sporting friend, ex-premier the late prime minister, remarking: "In my opinion she's going to be outstanding."

Official Comments

Furthermore, the former president stated he would reject campaigning for the vice-presidency in the 2028 US election, an idea some of his adherents have floated to enable the conservative head to occupy an additional term in office.

"I'd be allowed to pursue that path," Trump said, in an conversation with journalists on the official plane.

However, he continued: "I would not pursue that. I think it's overly clever. Yes, I would eliminate that option because it's too cute. I believe the people would disapprove of that. It's excessively tricky. It isn't - it wouldn't be proper."