How the Legacy of President Trump’s Friendship With Prime Minister Abe Beckons Again in the Pacific

As we face growing global uncertainty, their partnership could serve as a model for enhanced economic strength, energy cooperation, and regional security.

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President Trump, left, and the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, at Tokyo on May 27, 2019. AP/Eugene Hoshiko, file

President-elect Trump and Mrs. Trump recently hosted a dinner at Mar-A-Lago for the widow of Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister, Akie Abe. Before Abe’s assassination in July 2022, the 45th president and Abe forged one of the most fruitful partnerships in the history of America-Japan relations, not to mention a close personal friendship. 

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