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Trump to present trophy to winner of Summer Grand Sumo Tournament
Japan Times ^ | 5/13/19

Posted on 05/13/2019 3:07:51 AM PDT by sushiman

Trophy made in ...USA !!!


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: americanintokyo; candor7; japan; sumo; sushiman; trump; visit

1 posted on 05/13/2019 3:07:51 AM PDT by sushiman
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U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the ongoing Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan later this month and present a newly made trophy to the winner, sources at the Japan Sumo Association said Sunday.

The president is also likely to watch the final three bouts on the closing day of the meet on May 26, the sources revealed.
Trump spoke of his plans to attend the tournament and present a trophy at his meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Washington late last month.

“I’ve always found (sumo) fascinating. So, in fact, we’re having a trophy made in this country. We’re going to give the trophy to the winner of the championship,” Trump said ahead of the bilateral meeting.

The name of the new trophy has yet to be determined, with “the Trump Cup” among those being considered.

The association is making arrangements for Trump to watch the bouts from a specially situated dining table near the raised ring at the center of the hall, taking security into consideration.

During their May 25-28 trip, Trump and his wife Melania will be Japan’s first state guests since the ascent to the throne of Emperor Naruhito.


2 posted on 05/13/2019 3:09:12 AM PDT by sushiman (i)
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To: sushiman

Is this the thing with pokèmon fighting each other?


3 posted on 05/13/2019 3:22:18 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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“I’ve always found (sumo) fascinating. So, in fact, we’re having a trophy made in this country. We’re going to give the trophy to the winner of the championship,” Trump said ahead of the bilateral meeting.


4 posted on 05/13/2019 3:26:56 AM PDT by sushiman (i)
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To: sushiman
The name of the new trophy has yet to be determined, with “the Trump Cup” among those being considered.

The Trump Cup...also known as the "elephant"

5 posted on 05/13/2019 3:35:33 AM PDT by spokeshave (If anything, Trump is guilty of attempting to obstruct injustice.)
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To: sushiman

So no pikachu?


6 posted on 05/13/2019 3:53:00 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: sushiman; AmericanInTokyo

Hey AIT, you have a chance to see President Trump!

He’s a Sumo fan!

The President is winning diplomacy!


7 posted on 05/13/2019 3:54:05 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: sushiman
Only In America

Land of Opportunity

8 posted on 05/13/2019 4:09:49 AM PDT by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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To: sushiman

This page allows on to view our trad balance with all countries world wide. We need to bring back our manufacturing.
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/index.html


9 posted on 05/13/2019 4:27:26 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: sushiman
Awesome power


10 posted on 05/13/2019 4:39:18 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: NativeSon

No, However...

Rumors from a Credible Source are very high that a SCRAMISAUR could be!!!


11 posted on 05/13/2019 4:57:24 AM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: sushiman

That’s way COOL !!!

AND MADE IN AMERICA TOO !!!!


12 posted on 05/13/2019 4:59:57 AM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=401&v=HrQONaLqbxc


13 posted on 05/13/2019 5:41:01 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Candor7
Prediction: They already have set the trap somewhere in Tokyo. Or they will make it up as they go along. It will be some kind of constructed fake story making a lot of hoopla over him stepping on Japanese culture, customs, language or protocol somehow. It is dummied up in the print shop and ready to go. Just watch them spring it. It could be related to sumo or something else, but they lie in wait here, the advance (media) team, or will be in and out of here soon to rig it up, and they will find something, anything at all to get on him here, harp it to death and distract from trade, mutual defense, Norkies problems, Emperor greeting, etc. Take it to the bank.

14 posted on 05/13/2019 6:21:30 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Beautiful +love letters+ (sic) should be now recycled into toilet paper and placed on US ICBMs)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

OMG! PDJT refuses to use hashi?

“He is so culturally insensitive?”

You are right of course.


15 posted on 05/13/2019 7:26:14 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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