Trump meets with the Japanese Prime Minister as the Customs threat is great

President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a visit to a high effort for an important ally that depends on the United States of Security and Trade.

At the top of the agenda is military cooperation to deter threats, foreign investments in the United States, opportunities to develop technology and US energy exports, according to Senior Trump administration officials.

Japan’s Prime Minister will be looking to strike a personal connection with Trump and get assurance that Trump will not hit Japan with tariffs or give up his security guarantees. Ishiba faces the challenge of navigating Trump’s long -standing views that allies take advantage of the United States while not paying enough for the cost of US military assistance.

He will probably look at former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was murdered in 2022 after he left the office. Abe used his personal relationship with Trump to push for Japanese interests and avoid a trade war during Trump’s first administration.

“It’s a great honor to be with Prime Minister Ishiba from Japan. He’s a highly respected man doing a fantastic job,” Trump said when he met Ishiba in the oval office. “We have an amazing relationship. I don’t think we have any problem.”

The High -ranking Administrative Officers suggested that they will be looking for concessions and obligations from Japan in the form of investment in the US

“We all know that Trump puts a lot of emphasis on deficits,” said a senior official. “We welcome Japanese investment in the United States, including in the US manufacturing sector.”

“There will be a lot of discussion about it as well as exports from the United States, probably in the energy sector,” the official added.

CEO of Softbank, one of Japan’s largest companies, visited Trump at Mar-A-Lago during the transitional period and recently came to the White House and promised to invest $ 100 billion in US projects in the next four years and create 100,000 jobs .

“The United States are proud of our long and close alliance with Japan, and it’s time for a new age with US-Japan relations to bring peace and prosperity to the Indo-Stockhav. Our two nations will continue to work together for To ensure that we discourage threats in the region through our full range of military capabilities.

“They will also discuss foreign investments in the United States to create high -quality US jobs. President Trump and Prime Minister semiconductors, and eventually, as President Trump aims to free up US energy exports to the rest of the world,” added it High -ranking Officer.

A senior official also noted that the administration is supporting the efforts to hold trilateral meetings with Japan and South Korea and that continuity will see there.

When asked whether Trump will ask Japan to raise his defense spending, a question that Trump has raised with allies across the globe refused the officials to “move forward” of discussions.

But an official added, “there are negotiations that are constantly, frankly, about the status of facilities and weapons and implementations and training areas, and therefore they are always constantly adjusted to ensure the strongest possible implementation of the alliance you know, the capacities between us two and the investment that both countries make in our common security.

A senior official added that the visit will be a chance to “continue to develop the long -standing friendship and the relationship between our two nations.”