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.
