Fictional interview #7 Japan’s Takaichi meets Trump
Emeagwali, Gloria (History)
Fictional Interview #7
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan, meets the President of the United States(POTUS) in the Oval Office
Gloria Emeagwali
“Mr President, why did you insult the Japanese prime minister,” Gigi asked the man with the orange hair.
“What do you mean? I told her the truth about what Japan did at Pearl Harbor,” snapped Mr.Trump.
“But sir, this was a diplomatic encounter that needed diplomacy. You shouldn’t throw Pearl Harbor in the face of the Japanese Prime Minister. After all, she didn’t accuse you of war crimes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki?” scolded the petulant reporter.
“There is no power in the world greater than the U.S and we can say whatever we want to little Japan, “ boasted POTUS.
“Little Japan? Excuse me sir, You owe Japan $1.2 trillion dollars. Japan is the largest foreign holder of US. debt right now,” Gigi remarked, wondering whether the graduate of the Wharton School of Business understood what she was talking about.
“They are lending you money by purchasing government debt via Treasury securities,”she explained.
“Don’t you see what we did to the Ayatollah? He is dead. We killed him,” said the President, callously, while trying to change the subject.
“Congratulations Mr Trump but the Iranians are holding you by the xxxxx
at the Strait of Hormuz. You are running out of interceptors while they have tons of drones and hypersonic missiles underground ,” said Gigi.
“Well we would do to them what we did to Japan,” boasted the President , who got a kick out of pain and suffering.
“They would all be dead in five minutes,” he added, without blinking an eye.
“Are you going to nuke Russia, China and North Korea, too?”she asked, rhetorically. “I hope you are not
asking for the end of the world,”she muttered.
There was silence.
Gigi checked her phone, during the interval, and then smiled from ear to ear.
“Speaking about Japan, Mr President, I just got breaking news,” she yelled with excitement.
“Really! Did Japan agree to send troops to the Strait of Hormuz?”
“No. it’s the opposite. Japan just decided to double down on the purchase of oil in Chinese currency. They are done with you and may soon sell off those treasury bills and the rest,”warned Gigi.
She picked up her notebook and
made a bee line to the exit, wondering why POTUS was so inept and crude at diplomacy. She admitted to herself, though, that psychoanalysis was not her strong point.
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