President Trump appeared to rib an executive from Toyota on Saturday during a dinner on his first day in Japan for a state visit. In…
President Trump appeared to rib an executive from Toyota on Saturday during a dinner on his first day in Japan for a state visit.
In his opening remarks before a dinner with Japanese officials and business figures at the U. S. ambassador’s residence in Tokyo, Trump pointed to Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., and referred to him as « the boss. »
« Where’s Toyota? » Trump asked the room, according to Bloomberg News.
« There’s nothing like the boss, » he added after the crowd acknowledged Toyoda. « I thought that was you. »
Toyoda’s company had issued a rare rebuke of Trump earlier this month after he declared that some auto sector imports were a threat to national security.
The car manufacturer slammed the remark, saying it was in essence a declaration that Japanese investments in the U.
