First Lady of Japan pretends she can’t speak English to avoid talking to Donald Trump
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The first lady of Japan was seated next to Trump at a dinner held after the G20 summit in Germany but she apparently didn’t say one word to the president, not even ‘hello’.
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This video seems to refute Trump’s belief that Abe isn’t able to say a single word of English - and the internet is loving it.
Many have taken the video as ‘proof’ Abe went to extreme measures to avoid having a conversation with the controversial president and hailed her a hero and ‘deeply relatable’ for her actions.
To be honest, for a woman who apparently can't speak a word of English she sounds pretty fluent here:
People on Twitter have been throwing shade at Trump and cheering on the first lady of Japan for spending two hours in silence to avoid having a conversation with a man who is infamous for a never ending list of controversies.The First Lady of Japan is an American hero. https://t.co/N7l3qdB3eU
— David Samsel (@dssnyc) July 20, 2017
If the First Lady of Japan truly pretended not to speak English for 2 hours to avoid talking to Trump she's both a hero and deeply relatable
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) July 20, 2017
Japan's First Lady is the level of petty I aspire to be at pic.twitter.com/KAr6sS4IxN
— (@roluxes) July 21, 2017
Trump inaccurately complains about Akie Abe's lack of English. But majority of foreign leaders he meets seem far more fluent than him
— Ishaan Tharoor (@ishaantharoor) July 20, 2017
Akie Abe has released a statement saying she didn’t realise Trump spoke English either. #TheProjectTV
— #TheProjectTV (@theprojecttv) July 21, 2017
Akie Abe pretending she doesn't speak English to avoid talking to Trump is next level petty and I have nothing but respect for it pic.twitter.com/RYkTvw0Xs2
— Catie Hogan (@CatieHogan) July 20, 2017