🔗 Share this article Former President Trump Welcomed by the Japanese Emperor Before Encountering New Prime Minister Ex-President Donald Trump was given a royal greeting on the start of the week in Japan, the next stop of a five-day Asian tour which he hopes to cap with an deal on a commercial dispute resolution with China's leader Xi Jinping. Official Meetings Donald Trump, making his most extensive foreign travel since beginning his term in January, declared deals with four nations in Southeast Asia during the initial leg in the Malaysian nation and is anticipated to encounter Xi in South Korea on Thursday. The former leader exchanged greetings with dignitaries on the airport runway and offered a few fist pumps, before his chopper transported him for a picturesque evening excursion of Tokyo. His motorcade was afterwards spotted entering the Imperial Palace grounds, where he met Japanese sovereign Naruhito. Economic Agreements Donald Trump has secured a $550-billion investment pledge from Japan in return for relief from punishing import tariffs. The nation's newly elected leader, Sanae Takaichi, is aiming to additionally wow Trump with commitments to acquire US utility vehicles, soybeans and gas, and declare an arrangement on vessel manufacturing. The prime minister, who became Japan's initial woman prime minister in the past seven days, told Trump that reinforcing their international partnership was her "primary focus" in a telephonic discussion on Saturday. Additional Developments The US and China have come to terms on a structure for a commercial agreement just days before Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping are set to have discussions. The finance chief the financial leader said the agreement, created on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Malaysia on Sunday, would eliminate the threat of the application of complete taxes on Chinese imports commencing 1 November. Donald Trump has managed the completion of a truce deal between Thailand and the Cambodian country on the initial day of an Asian journey. The US president reached Malaysia on the weekend before the ASEAN summit in the capital, Malaysia's capital. CAIR has alleged the Trump administration of a "clear insult to free speech" after national border officials detained British journalist, the writer, on Sunday. Trump said he was looking forward to encountering Japan's leader, a close ally of his deceased companion and sporting friend, previous leader former PM Abe, stating: "I believe she will prove outstanding." Political Statements In other, Trump declared he would reject running for the second-in-command position in the 2028 US election, an concept some of his supporters have floated to allow the Republican president to hold office an further tenure in government. "I'd be allowed to do that," Trump said, in an conversation with reporters within the presidential aircraft. However, he continued: "I would not pursue that. I think it's excessively tricky. Indeed, I would eliminate that option because it's too cute. I believe the citizens would disapprove of that. It's too cute. It's not - it wouldn't be proper."