Prime Minister Abe: (As interpreted) Good
evening, everyone.
My name is Shinzo Abe.
I'm extremely delighted to host tonight's banquet
here at the State Guest House in honor of the very
first visit to Japan by my dear friend, President
Trump, and Madam First Lady, Ms. Melania Trump.
Yesterday's golf diplomacy between Donald and me
attracted so much attention, and we actually
made everything public, except for the score.
And, through golf, we could demonstrate to the
world how strong the bond is between Japan and the
United States.
But Donald and I are not the first to promote
this unique golf diplomacy.
Just 60 years ago, my grandfather, Prime
Minister Kishi, and President Eisenhower are
the ones who initiated this tradition.
And after the golf match, President Eisenhower
shared two lessons with my grandfather.
One, once you become a President of the United
States, you need to be at a table with a group of
people whom you don't like to hang out.
Second, when it comes to playing golf, you can play
golf only with those who you really,
really like to hang out.
But speaking of my relationship with
President Trump, that is not enough.
If I may add another lesson to the legacy of
Prime Minister Kishi and President Eisenhower, I
would say it like this: When you play golf with
someone not just once, but for two times, the person
must be your favorite guy.
So, yesterday, we had the pleasure of playing golf
together with Mr. Hideki Matsuyama.
And, tonight, we are so honored to have the
participation of Mr. Isao Aoki, who is a pioneer
in Japanese golf.
(Applause)
Even during the time that played golf with
President Trump, the President and I were
talking about Mr. Aoki.
It is all about how his putting that was something
that the entire world were mesmerized.
And Donald told me as follows: Mr. Aoki's
putting was just like super, super artistic.
But you should never try to do the same, because
that is the only thing that Mr. Aoki can only do,
and you will not be able to do that.
So next time we play golf together, I would love to
have Mr. Aoki to join us and enjoy the time that I
will spend with Mr. Trump.
Speaking of the First Ladies, I understand that
my wife Akie and Madam First Lady had a chance to
try Japanese calligraphy.
Each wrote one Chinese character, or kanji: "hei"
by Madam First Lady, which means being smooth and
calm; and "wa" by my wife Akie, which stands for harmony.
And when combined, these two letters literally mean
"peace." And I think their wonderful joint work
represents our alliance very nicely.
Under our alliance, Japan and the United States work
hand-in-hand to contribute to regional and global peace.
For two days, President Trump and I spent many,
many hours together, and had an in-depth discussion
on various global challenges.
And I'm particularly grateful for President
Trump and Madam First Lady, who kindly spent
their time with a former abductee and the family
members of those who had been abducted by North Korea.
And it's been only one year since I first saw
President Trump in New York City.
And looking back the over the half-century history
of Japan-U.S.
alliance, we have never seen two leaders of Japan
and the United States forging as close
relationship as ours and as strong bond in ours in
just one year.
Of course, I'm very proud of my relationship with
President Trump, but we are not the only ones who
have supported this invaluable friendship
between Japan and the United States.
And on this occasion, I would like to acknowledge
tremendous efforts by leaders from various
fields, including political, business, and
cultural leaders who are here today.
In honor of such contribution to our
invaluable friendship, I invited many distinguished
guests who have been making every effort to
deepen our friendship.
And I would like to take this opportunity to
express my sincere appreciation and also ask
for further support for the development of our
bilateral relationship.
Last but not least, let me share with you my honest
impression about President Trump's visit
to Japan this time.
As I said, this was the very first visit by
President Trump and it was indeed a historic visit.
And I do hope that you will enjoy your last night
in Tokyo as you wish.
And also, I sincerely hope that you will have a
really successful trip to Asia this time,
which started here in Japan.
So, with that, I now would like to propose a toast
wishing all the best to President Trump and Madam
First Lady, and also wishing for the further
development of the friendship between Japan
and the United States.
(A toast is offered)
(Applause)
The President: Prime Minister and Mrs. Abe, this has been a
really wonderful two days.
We have to spend more time together because I have
enjoyed every minute of it, even though he's a
very, very tough negotiator.
And, Melania, a real friend of yours now is Mrs. Abe.
And I know you enjoyed it with me.
You enjoyed it in Florida and you enjoyed it here,
and maybe even more so.
But I want to thank you for the royal welcome.
And it was really a -- very much a working
holiday, even on the golf course.
So, we can call it a couple of days off, but it wasn't.
It was full work.
Even as we played golf, all we did was talk about
different things.
(Laughter)
We better not go into it.
But I have to tell you, we did, and we made a lot of
progress on a lot of fronts.
I do want to congratulate Mr. Aoki.
He was one of the great putters -- probably still is.
They say you never lose your putting.
When you're a great putter,
you never lose your putting.
But I remember a specific tournament, believe it or
not, because it was one of the best I ever saw.
It was the greatest putting display that I ever saw.
It was you and Jack Nicklaus.
Was that the U.S. Open?
The U.S. Open.
And you would get up and sink a 30-footer.
He'd get up and sink a 25-footer.
And this went on for the whole back nine.
And then, ultimately, Jack won by one stroke.
I thought it was one of the greatest putting
displays anybody has ever seen and there ever was.
And I even know your putting stroke -- very flat.
And I spoke yesterday with the great Matsuyama, who
is doing great, right?
He's going to be a big star, and he's going to be great.
I don't even know if he's with us tonight.
I don't think he's with us tonight.
But he does want to get together in New York, and
we're going to get together.
And even though I want to have a great interpreter,
but he's rapidly learning the language.
But I will tell you that it's an honor to be with
you because everyone in the world of golf talks
about that one great afternoon.
Just putt after putt, and it was really great.
So, congratulations.
Great gentleman, great gentleman.
(Applause)
So, my relationship with Shinzo
got off to quite a rocky start because I never ran
for office, and here I am.
But I never ran, so I wasn't very experienced.
And after I had won, everybody was calling me
from all over the world.
I never knew we had so many countries.
(Laughter)
So, I was now President-elect.
But I didn't know you were supposed to not see world
leaders until after you were in office,
which was January 20th.
So, you were just not supposed to because
it was considered bad form.
It was not a nice thing to do, and I understand that
from the standpoint of the President whose place
you were taking.
So, you can only take so many calls from world
leaders -- because, you know, everybody was calling.
But Japan, you take.
And some others -- we took Germany, we took Russia,
we took China, we took -- we took your Prime Minister.
So, it's November, and he said to me,
"Congratulations on your victory, it was a great
victory, I would like to see you.
I would like to see you as soon as possible."
And I said, "Anytime you want, just come on in,
don't worry about it."
But I was referring to after January 20th.
(Laughter)
So, I said, don't worry about it.
Anytime you want, I look forward to seeing you.
Just give us a call, no problem, anytime you want.
And all of the sudden, I get a call from, actually,
Japan press.
And they said that our Prime Minister is going to
New York to meet with the President-elect.
So, the press is going crazy because the Prime
Minister of Japan is coming to see me.
I think it's absolutely fine,
but I didn't really mean now.
I meant some time in February, March, or April.
Meaning, you have a very aggressive --
very, very aggressive, strong, tough Prime Minister.
That's a good thing, by the way -- not a bad thing.
(Laughter)
So, then the New York media started
calling me, and I was getting all sorts of
signals from Hope and Sarah, in a different
position, and everybody.
And they're going crazy.
They're saying, "You cannot see him.
It's so inappropriate.
It looks bad." I say, "What's wrong?"
They said, "It's a bad thing to see him.
You have to wait until after, in all fairness,
Barack Obama leaves office."
And I said, "What do I do?"
And they said, "Let's call." So, I called him,
and he wasn't there.
He was on the airplane flying to New York.
(Laughter)
And I said, "You know what?
There's no way he's going to land and I'm not seeing him."
So, I saw him, and it worked out just fine.
Do you agree with that?
(Laughter)
And he actually brought me the
most beautiful golf club I've ever seen.
It was a driver that's totally gold.
Right?
It's gold.
(Laughter)
And I looked at it -- I said, "If I
ever use this driver -- me -- to use that driver at a
golf club, I will be laughed off every course I ever go onto."
But it is the most beautiful weapon
I've ever seen, so I thank you for that.
But we had a great meeting.
It lasted forever.
It was a very long meeting in Trump Tower.
And for some reason, from that moment on, we had a
really -- and developed a really great relationship.
And here we are today and better than ever, and
we're going to work together.
And it's going to get more and more special, and
we're going to work out problems of Japan and
problems of the United States.
And it's going to be something very, very
special for both countries.
I just want to finish by saying that Melania and I
today visited the palace.
This is a beautiful, beautiful place.
And we met two very beautiful people, the
Imperial Majesties, the Emperor and the Empress,
and spent a long time talking to them today.
And there was a lot of love in that room for all
of you people -- I can tell you --
from everyone from Japan.
They love the people of Japan, they love this
country dearly, and they have great, great respect
for your Prime Minister.
And they truly think that your Prime Minister did
very, very well when he decided to marry -- or she
decided to marry him, Mrs. Abe.
But they have great, great respect -- I can tell you that.
And I just want to conclude by saying that
our two great countries will have incredible
friendship and incredible success for many centuries
to come -- not years, not decades, but for many
centuries to come.
And again, it's an honor to have you as my good
friend, and I just want to thank you and Mrs. Abe.
This is a very, very special two days.
We will not forget, and we will be back soon.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, everybody.
Thank you.
(Applause)
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