From his book "Trump...the art of the deal" (published in 1987)
Page 185 /186...
"I have great respect for what the Japanese have done with their economy, but for my money they are often very difficult to do business with.
For starters, they come in to see you in groups of six or eight or even twelve.,
You may succeed with one or two or three, but its far harder to convince all twelve.
In addition, they rarely smile and are so serious that they don't make doing business fun."
So Trump has been dealing with this type of situation for about 30 years.
He will do just fine in the debates today...and have fun doing it.
Ha—he’s right in that description, but in my experience those Japanese teams are very quiet, with only one maybe pushing for information or perspective or whatever. They get you afterwards, because it’s been impossible to draw out their real thoughts and questions.
Trump can probably handle it as well as anyone, and he has the experience of the first debate under his belt. But I’m not sure the Japanese comparison is particularly apt.