Trump attends sumo tournament, presents American trophy

KYODO NEWS ^ | 26th May 18:40 | - Sports staff

[Candor7]

The trophy is 54 inches high. That's huge.

President Trump is well liked in Japan, and Japan has fallen in love with Melania's magic. This will bode well for US trade talks with Japan,especially agriculture.

Kudos to President Trump and the 1st lady for doing such a great job in representing America to a free Asian country.

[Candor7]

East meets Western Sumo trophy Ping !

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Is it me or is cock fighting more pleasing to the eye?

[Candor7]

Is it me or is cock fighting more pleasing to the eye?>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Well, i guess that depends on whose cock you’re holding?

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Roster man, rosters!

[Chainmail]

Well, that was queer -

[Tucker39]

Did you perhaps mean to say ROOSTERS?

[ASA Vet]

How does one get on that roster?

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Quiet piking on me.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Quiet piking on me.

[Candor7]

Sumo is far from cockfighting or queer, its actually quasi religious practice in Japan. Since you are a US Marine ( Thank you for your exemplary service), you know warriorship manifests very differently in many different cultures. Sumo is hardly the ego centered blood sport of cock fighting , a widely practiced illegal blood "sport" in much of Asia. Forgive my prickliness on the subject. Sumo is a sacred sport. In Japan a Sumo match is viewed in the context of an offering to the gods, much like Christian communion. Why do you think President Trump knew exactly how to capture the hearts of the Japanese? We have a very genuinely bright President who obviously does understand Sumo, and so should all of the Freepers here. That's why our president is so extraordinary. As a Westerner he understands Sumo perfectly. So should we.Why? because great wealth and security can flow from that understanding. Sumo: "Sumo can be traced back to ancient Shinto rituals to ensure a bountiful harvest and honor the spirits known as kami. In modern times, the canopy over the sumo ring, called the dohyō is reminiscent of a Shinto shrine, the officiator is dressed in garb very similar to that of a Shinto priest, and the throwing of salt before a bout is believed to purify the ring.[2]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto_origins_of_sumo

[HighSierra5]

Thank God Trump didn’t barf in Abe’s lap.

[bert]

As always, in antibush fake news, you omit the fact that it was Korean food that made him sick

[AustinBill]

The White House said Saturday the trophy is about 137-centimeters tall and weighs between 27 and 31 kilograms.

Amazing. Show me any other 74 year old man who would be comfortable lifting (even with assistance) and presenting something over 4 feet tall and weighing between 60-70 lbs.

[bray]

Pretty cool. He is liked in the rest of the world more than than here.

[Candor7]

Thank God Trump didn’t barf in Abe’s lap.>>>>>>>>>

PDJT is one up on the Bush chart.

Obama was far worse than any of them, sitting sucking a Popsicle in the middle of a sacred Shinto Ritual. Remembering that photo still makes me shiver at Obama’s banality and lack of genuine understanding. Obama was an actor who understood very little, a mere shuck and jive artist. The Japanese saw through him from the beginning. The Japanese disliked Obama, thy put on a good face and tolerated the fool.But they treated Obama like an enemy behind closed doors.

I am so glad that PDJT is well liked in Japan, and our president is is much closer to what most Americans feel about Japan. This initiative looks like widow dressing back home here in the USA, but it has powerful repercussions on our defense against China and North Korea. The Japanese will more readily back us up now over the long haul against Red China and North Korea. And it all comnes from a trophy at a session of sacred Sumo, while most of the rest of the world finds it merely amusing.

[ASA Vet]

I’ve never even been to Britain, and would not, could not, piking here or there. I would not piking anywhere.

[Candor7]

The Donald still can wrestle a heavy object. 925 Stirling is not light.

I am impressed too.

[Chainmail]

Your queer comment was about holding cocks.

Sumo is fine. You comment wasn’t.

[simpson96]