Posted on 07/09/2022 3:23:54 AM PDT by conservative98
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively here that he is considering attending the funeral of the assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and that he is communicating with Abe’s family about the matter.
“We’re going to see how it goes,” Trump said when asked if he would attend Abe’s funeral. “We’re talking to their family. We love the family. His wife is a phenomenal woman. He is so loved in Japan I can imagine that is going to be an incredible celebration of life. He was just very special. Every aspect of that man was just very special. You know he was the first person I saw? Do you remember he came early? He came right after the election—he was the first person I saw. But we had a special relationship. We’re going to see about that, we’re talking about that right now.”
Trump’s comments came during an exclusive interview backstage after an event he hosted with the GOP nominees for U.S. Senate and for governor here in Nevada, former Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo. Trump spoke for close to an hour to a packed ballroom at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip Friday night after Laxalt, Lombardo, and several local and national law enforcement personnel hosted a law-and-order-focused panel.
Trump and Abe were the closest of friends during Trump’s time in the White House and Abe’s time as Prime Minister. Perhaps there was no other world leader with whom Trump was as close
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Wasn’t Abe’s Grandfather assasinated?
And with the new paint job on his Plane, the libs will go crazy again.
Just do it. To become President again—Trump must act like a President in a positive way.
I believe he was stabbed by a far right wing man but not fatally .
You’re a ChiCom freak.
Has Biden made any mention of what happened?
No . I’m just not an Abe fanboy .
He pointed out that President Trump would graciously praise a recently fallen leader even if he had been a louse, just as old Roman leaders did traditionally.
“No . I’m just not an Abe fanboy .”
It’s obviously more than that.
Thanks.
He didn’t need to add the part about louse, or should’ve said “which Abe wasn’t”, or something to that effect, to be more clear.
He should then visit Taiwan.
I read he was supporting local candidates.
Was PM Abe still a TPP fan after China forced themselves in?
Yes , bigtime .
I stand corrected . Japan was “ cool “ to inviting China to join . However , Abe was always a fan of TPP .
The young emperor has notably not issued a statement on Abe’s death, possibly because Japan’s elections are underway.
I see.
Increasingly, assassin is said to have acted because he believed Abe to be a hidden follower of South Korea’s Moon.
Inscrutable to me, but religious political assassination is not unknown in Japan.
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