🔗 Share this article Donald Trump Received by Japan's Emperor Naruhito Before Meeting Recently Elected PM Former President Donald Trump obtained a regal welcome on the start of the week in the island nation, the next stop of a five-day Asia trip which he aims to finish with an deal on a trade war truce with Chinese president Xi Jinping. Diplomatic Engagements Donald Trump, embarking on his longest journey abroad since beginning his term in the start of the year, announced arrangements with four Southeast Asian countries during the opening phase in the Malaysian nation and is expected to have talks with Xi in the Korean peninsula on later this week. The former leader greeted with representatives on the tarmac and gave a multiple enthusiastic motions, before his aircraft whisked him off for a nocturnal sightseeing trip of the metropolitan city. His motorcade was later seen entering the emperor's residence, where he encountered Japanese emperor Naruhito. Financial Deals Trump has already won a $550-billion investment pledge from Japan in as compensation for a break from heavy trade duties. The nation's newly elected prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is striving to further impress Trump with promises to buy US pickup trucks, soybeans and fuel, and declare an deal on maritime construction. The prime minister, who became Japan's first female premier recently, told Trump that strengthening their international partnership was her "primary focus" in a telephonic discussion on the weekend. Further News Washington and Beijing have agreed a outline for a trade deal only a short time before Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping are scheduled to encounter. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said the arrangement, created on the sidelines of the ASEAN conference in Malaysia on the weekend, would remove the threat of the enforcement of full duties on goods from China commencing 1 November. Trump has overseen the signing of a truce deal between Thailand and Cambodia on the opening day of an Asian journey. The US president reached Malaysia on the weekend before the regional conference in the main city, Malaysia's capital. The Muslim civil rights group has charged the previous government of a "clear insult to free speech" after federal immigration authorities detained British journalist, Sami Hamdi, on Sunday. The former president said he was eagerly awaiting meeting Japan's leader, a strong supporter of his passed away associate and golfing partner, ex-premier Shinzo Abe, remarking: "In my opinion she will prove great." Political Statements Furthermore, Trump announced he would eliminate seeking the second-in-command position in the next election cycle, an approach some of his supporters have suggested to allow the Republican president to serve an additional term in the White House. "I could to do that," Trump said, in an conversation with reporters aboard the presidential aircraft. However, he continued: "I wouldn't do that. I think it's excessively tricky. Indeed, I would reject that possibility because it's excessively tricky. I believe the public would disapprove of that. It's excessively tricky. It would not be - it wouldn't be appropriate."