ClydeR
07-20-2017, 04:41 PM
The plot thins. Why did Akie Abe pretend that she couldn't speak English when she was seated beside Trump? So she could eavesdrop? Or so she wouldn't have to be sociable?
President Trump says he went over to chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a dinner in Germany this month because his seat mate, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, didn't speak any English.
Akie Abe “doesn’t speak English … like, not ‘Hello,’” Trump told the New York Times in an interview Wednesday.
Not so.
Mrs. Abe, the daughter of a wealthy Japanese family, attended a private Roman Catholic international school in Tokyo before she attended college.
The elementary-through-high-school academy, the Sacred Heart School, includes rigorous English-language instruction as part of its curriculum.
Social media swiftly found clips of the 55-year-old Abe making speeches in somewhat accented but perfectly serviceable English.
More... (http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-says-he-gravitated-to-putin-at-1500569981-htmlstory.html)
President Trump says he went over to chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a dinner in Germany this month because his seat mate, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, didn't speak any English.
Akie Abe “doesn’t speak English … like, not ‘Hello,’” Trump told the New York Times in an interview Wednesday.
Not so.
Mrs. Abe, the daughter of a wealthy Japanese family, attended a private Roman Catholic international school in Tokyo before she attended college.
The elementary-through-high-school academy, the Sacred Heart School, includes rigorous English-language instruction as part of its curriculum.
Social media swiftly found clips of the 55-year-old Abe making speeches in somewhat accented but perfectly serviceable English.
More... (http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-says-he-gravitated-to-putin-at-1500569981-htmlstory.html)