Trump praises Japan's first female PM

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US President Donald Trump lavished praise on Japan's first female leader Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday (Oct 28), invoking the memory of late Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.   Abe, who was assassinated in 2022, was the first foreign leader to meet Trump after his 2016 election victory and the pair went on to forge a close bond over several rounds of golf in the US and Japan.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00And it's a great honor to be with you, especially so early in what will be, I think, one of the

00:21greatest prime ministers. I think you will be one of the great, everything I know from Shinzo

00:25and others. You will be one of the great prime ministers. I'd also like to congratulate you

00:31on being the first woman prime minister. That's a big deal. That's a big deal. And I want

00:36to congratulate you on that. I think that has to be called out. And you're going to do

00:42a fantastic job. And we're going to have a fantastic relationship. Thank you very much.

00:46But he spoke so well of you, even before we knew what was going to happen and your ascension.

00:58He spoke so well of you, long before we met. And I'm not surprised to see that you are

01:04now the prime minister. And he would be very happy to know that. And I congratulate you

01:10on behalf of the United States of America.

01:21the United States of America. Thank you very much.

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