TOKYO —
A close aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that U. S. President-elect Donald Trump pitches his opinions in a “hysterical” manner and urging him to behave more “gently.”
“You behave more quietly and calmly. Be more gentle,” Toshihiro Nikai, the No. 2 man of Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said during the recording of a TV program Friday for later broadcast, referring Trump’s way of blaming countries such as Japan for U. S. trade deficits.
The LDP secretary general expressed displeasure at Trump over his call for Japan to pay more for U.
