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Former President Donald Trump was given a imperial welcome on the start of the week in the island nation, the latest leg of a five-day Asia trip which he aspires to cap with an arrangement on a trade war truce with China's leader Xi Jinping.

Diplomatic Engagements

The former president, embarking on his most extensive foreign travel since taking office in the start of the year, revealed agreements with four nations in Southeast Asia during the opening phase in Malaysia and is expected to encounter Xi in Seoul on later this week.

The former leader exchanged greetings with representatives on the tarmac and offered a few fist pumps, before his chopper whisked him off for a picturesque evening excursion of Japan's capital. His official vehicles was later seen accessing the royal compound, where he encountered Japanese sovereign Naruhito.

Financial Deals

The former president has already won a $550-billion investment pledge from Japan in return for relief from strict customs taxes.

The nation's freshly installed prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is striving to continue to please Trump with assurances to acquire US light trucks, legumes and fuel, and reveal an deal on maritime construction.

Takaichi, who was appointed as Japan's pioneering female leader in the past seven days, told Trump that reinforcing their countries' alliance was her "primary focus" in a telephone call on the weekend.

Further News

• The US and China have agreed a structure for a commercial agreement just days before Trump and Beijing's head Xi Jinping are set to have discussions. Treasury secretary the treasury head said the arrangement, forged on the margins of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference in the Malaysian nation on the weekend, would remove the risk of the imposition of full duties on Beijing's exports commencing 1 November.
• Donald Trump has overseen the signing of a truce deal between Thailand and Phnom Penh on the initial day of an Asia tour. The US president reached Malaysia on the weekend before the regional conference in the main city, the metropolitan center.
• CAIR has charged the former administration of a "blatant affront to liberty of speech" after federal immigration authorities apprehended English correspondent, the writer, on the weekend.

Trump said he was looking forward to meeting the prime minister, a key partner of his passed away associate and golf companion, previous leader the late prime minister, adding: "In my opinion she's going to be great."

Official Comments

In other, Donald Trump stated he would rule out campaigning for the second-in-command position in the 2028 presidential race, an concept some of his followers have suggested to permit the GOP leader to occupy an additional term in office.

"I'd be allowed to pursue that path," Trump said, in an conversation with reporters on the official plane.

However, he continued: "I wouldn't do that. I believe it's overly clever. Yeah, I would rule that out because it's overly clever. I think the people would object to that. It's excessively tricky. It isn't - it wouldn't be right."