00:00Yeah, I mean, she's due, isn't she, to meet President Trump next month.
00:03And President Trump was very quick to congratulate her and praise her.
00:07He even endorsed her on the campaign trail.
00:10How much closer do you think her re-election in this strength and capacity brings Tokyo to Washington?
00:19I think it's a real boon for her before her meeting with President Trump.
00:22So I think one of the worries would have been if she was not successful or if she had an underwhelming result in the election,
00:29that going into that meeting with the United States, you know, Donald Trump respects strength.
00:34And I think he quickly tweeted out or truth socialed out his support for Takeuchi after the election win.
00:40So I think this helps her.
00:42And also the timing of that meeting is very strategic because shortly after that meeting in Washington,
00:48which will be later in March, there will be a meeting in April, Donald Trump going to China.
00:53So I think Takeuchi is very focused not only on that meeting with Donald Trump in Washington,
00:58but also being one of the last voices in his ear before he goes to China for that very consequential meeting with Xi Jinping.
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