On the leaderboard as Trump and Abe head for Florida for golf diplomacy

On the leaderboard as Trump and Abe head for Florida for golf diplomacy
By Christopher Cummins with AGENCIES
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Trump and Abe to play golf in Florida

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump with Abe determined to cement a good relationship with the new man in the White House.

In typical style Trump has already bad-mouthed Tokyo accusing the Japanese of stealing American jobs.

Japanese PM Abe funny Trump whining that Obama played to much golf pic.twitter.com/a609iZ3ThC

— POTUS Bannon (@POTUSBannon1) February 10, 2017

The balm in all this will be a game of golf as Abe will join Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.

Trump played the diplomat:“The bond between our two nations and the friendship between our two peoples runs very, very deep. This administration is committed to bringing those ties even closer.”

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is all of us right now. #ShinzoAbepic.twitter.com/S5lZaReAM2

— Andrew Cullen (@AndrewCCullen) February 10, 2017

Abe reiterated Trump’s comments:“In a relaxed atmosphere I hope to take time to discuss with Donald the future of the world, the future of the region and the future of Japan and the United States.”

This is what you call a legacy. Japan PM Nobusuke Kishi golfing w. Prescott Bush + Eisenhower. Today his grandson Shinzo Abe golfs w. Trump. pic.twitter.com/K6cCnwVyRZ

— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) February 10, 2017

There is nothing new in golf diplomacy in 1957 US President Dwight Eisenhower took on Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi the paternal grandfather of Shinzo Abe.

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