Comment on Trump's chat with Akie Abe: Lost in translation or a snub?

Trump's chat with Akie Abe: Lost in translation or a snub?

President Donald Trump, who sat next to Japan's first lady during a dinner at a recent international summit, says Akie Abe can't muster even a "hello" in English. [...] she can handle a basic conversation in English, according to two people who have worked on events with the first lady. The Internet instantly responded, with a YouTube video emerging of Akie Abe delivering a 15-minute keynote address in English at a 2014 Ford Foundation symposium in New York. The Japanese prime minister's office told The Associated Press that Trump's comments were based on speculation. Many Japanese officials and business leaders who speak fluent English often choose to speak in Japanese and use interpreters at public events in order to avoid misunderstanding, according to Foreign Ministry officials. Last week in Paris, France's President Emmanuel Macron answered an American journalist's question in English, which signaled a departure from French tradition of speaking in mother tongue at official events.

 

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