Abe Woos Trump With Golf, Just Like His Grandfather Did With Ike
- Japanese premier gives Trump a driver at New York meeting
- Former prime minister Kishi played with Eisenhower in 1957
Reading Into Trump's Meeting With Abe
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is taking a page from his grandfather’s playbook in using golf to form ties with an American leader.
In talks with Donald Trump in New York on Thursday, Abe presented the real estate mogul with a golf club (Japanese media said it was a driver). Trump gave Abe a golf shirt in return.