Steak, Sumo and Fighter Jets: Inside Japan's Plan to Keep Trump Busy
When Donald Trump arrives in Tokyo on Saturday, hell be the first foreign leader to meet Japans new Emperor Naruhito, but he wont find much executive time on his schedule.
Japanese officials have gone to great pains to ensure that Trumps time will be filled by playing golf with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, presenting the Trump Cup to the winner of a sumo wrestling tournament and visiting a helicopter carrier that is being adapted so it could host Lockheed Martins vertical takeoff F-35B jet fighters. A dinner is planned at a robatayaki restaurant, where with respect for the presidents preference for well-done steak, the meat will be grilled before his eyes.
Much of that kabuki choreography is simply the product of traditional Japanese culture and hospitality, as well as Abes long-running effort to flatter the American leader, which in the past has included giving him a $3,755 gold-plated golf club.
However, Trumps schedule is also booked to minimize any possibility that a substantive issue might arise and disrupt an agenda designed to make both leaders look good to the voters at home, say U.S. and Japanese officials and outside experts.
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And here I though Trump was going to sumo wrestle.