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Former President Donald Trump received a regal greeting on the start of the week in Japan, the most recent phase of a five-day Asia trip which he aims to conclude with an deal on a trade war truce with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Official Meetings

Donald Trump, undertaking his lengthiest overseas trip since beginning his term in January, revealed agreements with four nations in Southeast Asia during the initial leg in Malaysia and is expected to encounter Xi in South Korea on Thursday.

President Trump greeted with officials on the tarmac and offered a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his helicopter carried him away for a picturesque evening excursion of the metropolitan city. His official vehicles was subsequently observed entering the Imperial Palace grounds, where he encountered Japanese emperor Naruhito.

Economic Agreements

Donald Trump has secured a $550-billion investment pledge from Japan in return for relief from strict customs taxes.

The country's newly elected prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is aiming to further impress Trump with promises to buy US utility vehicles, legumes and fuel, and announce an deal on vessel manufacturing.

The prime minister, who was appointed as Japan's pioneering female leader recently, told Trump that bolstering their international partnership was her "top priority" in a telephone call on Saturday.

Other Updates

• Washington and Beijing have reached consensus a framework for a commercial agreement just days before Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping are set to have discussions. Treasury secretary the treasury head said the deal, created on the periphery of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference in the Malaysian nation on the weekend, would eliminate the threat of the application of complete taxes on Chinese imports starting on early November.
• Donald Trump has supervised the signing of a truce deal between the Thai nation and Phnom Penh on the first day of an Asian journey. The American leader landed in Malaysia on Sunday before the regional conference in the main city, Kuala Lumpur.
• CAIR has alleged the previous government of a "blatant affront to liberty of speech" after government immigration agents arrested English correspondent, the writer, on Sunday.

The former president said he was eagerly awaiting meeting Japan's leader, a key partner of his late friend and golfing partner, former prime minister the late prime minister, remarking: "I think she's going to be excellent."

Political Statements

Furthermore, the former president announced he would reject seeking the vice-presidency in the 2028 US election, an concept some of his adherents have floated to enable the GOP leader to serve an extra period in office.

"I'd be allowed to pursue that path," Trump said, in an conversation with journalists aboard the presidential aircraft.

But he added: "I would not pursue that. I think it's overly clever. Yeah, I would rule that out because it's too cute. I believe the people would disapprove of that. It's excessively tricky. It's not - it wouldn't be appropriate."