>Abe greeted Trump at the entrance of the clubhouse where they shook hands. Trump commented on the good weather and a smiling Abe responded that the weather was perfect.
>Both leaders were accompanied only by an interpreter, and they had a light lunch of hamburgers made with U.S. beef. Abe presented Trump with caps embroidered with the words "DONALD & SHINZO MAKE ALLIANCE EVEN GREATER," and they signed the peak of each cap.
Anybody else concerned? What are these sushi beaners up to?
Anyone else fucking low key love these two together?
I'm sure there's a million and one political layers involved but on the surface it just seems like they have a really pure friendship and enjoy one another's company.
More than anything it's cool to see Trump with someone he gets along with. With Trump it's always either serious political enemies or fucking Republican sharks he has to hold off with a sharp stick.
Nice to see him spending time with someone with power and seemingly no serious political ulterior motive,
Importing of white men to maintain their population. I know I'm ready to do my part.
asians love him for some reason
agreed. with someone so domineering like Trump it seems like he only has enemies, and employees.
Its cool to see him with what seems like an actual friend
A friend of mine in Japan told me Shinzo Abe is supposedly a Corporatism whose only concern is endorsing state friendly monopolies. That and hes going to approve a bill to allow western animation groups to enter the anime scene. Anyone have a quick gestalt about the guy?
>low key
get that nigger/normie language out of here
Funny that he was the first world leader he talked to, and it's been the longest, best relationship.
This. They're a great duo and brings a smile on my face to see them interact.
It's amazing how far the US and Japan have come.
Japan america best friends!
countries can have more respect for eachother if they put up a real fight, even if one lost. That is why noone likes the middle east.
those hats make me laugh its like something you would do in middle school
I like this. I was talking to a Marine friend of mine whose favorite tidbit of history was a particular island battle during WWII where American and Japanese fought to the bloodiest of deaths over land with no strategic value. Just a small lifeless island with warrior vs warrior ruthless combat.
we should let them nuke two of our cities
As long as it's LA and DC, sure.
maybe we can find redemption with them in another way
earn forgiveness
LA and DC need to go and if any nation deserves to use nukes it's Japan.
They're like goofy dads.
Look at these guys
Sure when Japan Allies with US to wreak China.
They look like they were begrudging neighbors and had prejudice towards each-other, but then their sons became friends and they realized the true friendship was between them.
Or like Samurai Jack and the crude Scotsman.
The potential reunification of Korea probably has him a bit uneasy.
are brits the niggers of the white race?
I think that's most of the islands they fought on in the Pacific. The Japs ran out of ammo and charged with bayonets til the death rate was worse than the fucking civil war. It's considered a huge factor in deciding to nuke them because they'd never give up a traditional battle.
t. Jap who heard this a lot growing up
DC is guaranteed but the second city is hard to choose.
LA has spics and holllywood jews, San Fran is American Sodom and if you nuke it you might get Oakland too, Detroit is Detroit. At least half of Chicongo needs to be destroyed. Minneapolis is American Sweden. Just too many choices.
or the samurai and the old alcoholic war vet from that Twilight Zone episode where they tried to be friends but then fought to the death in the attic
shit was tense
good thing Trump doesn't drink
How would he not be best friends with Japan? They're our best ally, least cucked, and have the best points made on this fucking board. We have much to learn from each other while respecting each other's culture, and I wish them the best.
LA has porn and Hollywood that influences billions. It needs to go.
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Preparing for the battle for the Sankaku islands.
No. Best Korea is one under Japanese rule.
We should help them with that and nuke sf and la ourselves.
>talking about weather
>eating fast food
World leaders, everyone
You can't know that, these are just photo ops. The one thing they have in common is their demeanor in front of the public - both are laid back unlike Stasi Merkel and KGB Putin.
The state friendly Monopoly keiretsu system is the reason why Japanese companies can dominate worldwide competition.
Japan has the smartest industrial policy of any country in the world
We make LOTS of $$$ is what it means,
Chad
Don't they have the highest GDP-to-debt ratio?
A cap with pidgin English on it. Wtf is wrong with riceniggers lol.
Nobody else can do what Japan does. They defy logic and the rules of economics. Interest rates have been near zero for decades but everybody saves money. Which can cause stagnation. Big companies survived for decades with pay based entirely on seniority regardless of position. Innovation suffered. They have the worst digital financial infrastructure in a first world country and everything is insider trading but it just keeps chugging along. The yakuza are incorporated and publicly traded. It's like an entire country built on itself, good and bad. They're isolationist to their fucking core.
Tldr: the Jew fears the samurai.
Abe took a vacation to golf with his buddy.
abe wants to bring back imperial japan, and bring back an army. The problem is japan has always focused on economics because of the policy after occupation where the PM understood the USA would provide the military muscle so japan can focus on economics.
A treaty the other country forced you into with the threat of MORE nukes is not you relying on them for economic gain. They set the terms. What kind of commie self victimization is in your fucking head?
Stop your fan fiction you faggot, you got used up for your big stick, to ensure japan's economic gains
Given Abe's autism here I'm going to take a guess here and say that the Japanese never ever do high fives EVER so he's probably only seen them in films a few times
Abe wants Trump to enable the re-militarization of Japan so they can push China’s shit in, again.
beautiful
I was thinking this. Abe must be likeminded. At the heart of it all is a mutual love for country. Shared values.
the high five is a complex maneuver
it's like fighting because you are swatting at each other, but it's also a little sweet because you are also touching hands
it incorporates the duality of man
>Fuck this shit Donald. Let me show you what Phantasy Star Online is.
His business dealings probably give him greater knowledge of their culture vs. other world leaders.
When the wall goes up it's your shithole trying to horde all the drugs and rapes and murders and animals for yourselves because you're greedy fucking spics.
cringy weebs ITT
>light lunch of hamburgers
oh ffs the memes write themselves.
>asians love him for some reason
Asian here.
We love Trump because he reflects a political style that is very Asian. We don't have a long tradition of democracy at all. And we love hierarchy and order, which democracy is very poor at providing. Free markets are great at providing hierarchy and order, but democracy? Not so much. Democracy is messy and slow. We can't stand that.
We also love loyalty, both in the family and the nation. As a result of this, we do not like multiculturalism. Like democracy, multiculturalism breeds confusion and conflict. It makes citizens less loyal to one another (because they share so little in common), and it makes them less loyal to the state (because so many of them are immigrants). It's disastrous for any society.
Trump, therefore, is just like us. He cares little for democracy, loves authority and loyalty, and loves strong borders and capitalism. He's the perfect Asian leader.
w2c hat?
Trump was doing a shitload of business in the 80's when everyone thought Japan was going to become SUPA NUMBA #1 COUNTRY IN WORRD so he probably still holds some boomer-era mutual respect for the Japanese from that time
they made the best electronics during that era
'made in japan' has always been a sign of quality in america
Burgers defeated nips with nukes while nips defeated burgers with anime.
>World leaders, everyone
They're people too, you know
Considering they are the only Asian country that can make things last longer than 5 minutes....
I love how this moment helped break trust in the news, it was hilarious
They make a cute couple.
>Anybody else concerned? What are these sushi beaners up to?
Desperately sucking up to Trump so he doesn't abandon them after he ends the Korean war.
Abe finna bouta sell out his country to the neoliberal 56% monstrosity that is america
This gave me a hearty kek
great stereos too
my whole sound system is sony, old from the 80s good shit
T H I C C
I agree.
>posted by a degenerate meme flag
Get that faggy shit out of here
This time it is going to be Japan and America versus the world.
2nd to visit. Auntie MayMay came to Washington first. Yeah, I know my being pedantic.
I remember people were flipping their shit because he was talking to world leaders in the wrong order according to them. As I recall, Shinzo called him to congratulate, and people were complaining that he took the call.
That episode was so goofy. Early example of progressives pozzing up entertainment.
Japan and Trump's business style are very compatible, it's all about maintaining respect and friendly relations even if you might be on the opposite side of the business table. Japanese is always about maintaining polite face and would never say anything disparaging about a peer in the industry or political stage, unlike many American politicians and businessmen who might shake Trump's hand one day and the next appear on a talk show and say terrible things about him. And Japanese never turn down an opportunity to grant a favor even if it becomes difficult for them. I am sure Trump, who always vows revenge on anyone who fails to return favors to him, appreciates this.
Oh yeah, I can't remember the order of congratulatory phone calls. I thought you were talking about which world leaders came to DC and in what order.
Carry on, user.
L'edge
Bullshit. Japanese goods were crap for several decades after WW2. The improvement in quality wasn't until after they started importing cars which was due to american unions sabotaging of domestic auto manufacturing in the 70's.
(((NYC))) and Seattle get my vote.
The day Trump was a elected I was surprised to find the Malaysian guy at work was absolutely delighted. I was expecting the usual lefty stuff (or just the "wtf just happened?" of most people) but he was saying how Trump as a business man was just the sort of person America and the World needed.
It wasn't just "the nukes." By summer of 1945, Japan had no chance for anything other than unconditional surrender. "Conventional" bombs did more damage to Tokyo than was done by the nukes to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
But anyway, the American military umbrella is absolutely what allowed Japan to economically prosper.
Japan is predicted by geopolitical analysts to be a major military power again this century.
Building close ties with Japan is a wise move. Containing China etc...
>"Conventional" bombs did more damage to Tokyo than was done by the nukes to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
this by the way
the firebombing was much crueler than the atomic bombs
We love you Japan
Very true, indeed. People like to trumpet about the nukes but forget the firebombs, which were far more destructive to Japanese cities and a lot more terrifying. We have been Japan's protectors and defenders ever since, giving them back their culture and autonomy, rebuilding them instead of conquering, enslaving, or vassalizing them like any other nation would have. An unusual twist that made our two nations intricately bound, like siblings.
On the subject of nukes, imagine a world where the Japanese end the war just before the bombs are prepped and deployed. The war ends without the world witnessing the destructive power of the bomb, and so its power never enters the public conscious. Soviet agents in the Manhattan Project still steal enough tech to develop their own nukes. So the Cold War is set up, but no one has ever seen a nuke used in combat - just testing films.
I think that, in this hypothetical, the chance that a nuke would have been used in the Cold War (Korea, Hungary, Vietnam, Czechoslovakia, take your pick) and turned the war hot.
I dunno. Random food for thought.
Seriously though, I fucking love Japan so much. It's a legitimate honor to have such a close relationship with them.
I stumbled over my words.
*the chance that a nuke would have used in the Cold War (...) would have been very likely, and turned the war hot.
Bayonetting Chinese babies...
They where just too badass for us, so we had to drop two badass bombs on them.
They honestly were. We Americans definitely have our own warrior culture, but it really didn't or doesn't compare to the Japanese.
>they had a light lunch of hamburgers made with U.S. beef
OH SAY CAN YOU SEE
CUTE
>name my band
Emma and the Whos?
True that brother
Japan confirmed for America's best ally.
Suck it China
>"DONALD & SHINZO MAKE ALLIANCE EVEN GREATER"
FUCK WHERE CAN I GET THAT SPECIAL EDITION?!?!??!?!?!?!??!
The US and Japan have extremely strong common interest in the pacific. The whole Russia vs USA thing will not last on the long term. China is the real threat.
I do think Abe and Trump do get along with each other. Trump is pretty bipolar when it comes to how he treats people. Be nice to him and he will be your best friend. Harm him even a little he'll demolish you sooner or later. Abe has been very respectful from the beginning, and Trump returned the favor. As a consequence, they get along.
And while Trump shat on pretty much every country in the world during the campaign, he was pretty respectful with Japan.
I wonder what is Trump's position on Japan resotring its army. I bet he's in favor of it since it would mean less spending in order to preotect their asses.
Was just telling my gf how much I love that these 2 are bros. Always looks like they have a good time together.
I want a crossover anime.