TOKYO — Call it the economic bigotry of low expectations. Japanese and international media outlets are tripping over each other trying to spin Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s first meeting with Donald Trump last Friday (February 7) as a smashing success. It’s made for odd headlines given how few, if any, deliverables with which Ishiba returned […]
Why Trump and Ishiba aren’t ‘bromance’ material
Trump announces blanket 25% aluminum and steel tariffs just days after Japanese leader leaves Washington largely empty-handed
