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<p>In his interview Wednesday night with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-transcript.html"><em>The New York Times</em></a>, <a href="https://www.someecards.com/topic/donald-trump/">President Donald Trump</a> addressed the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/trump-putin-second-meeting-g20-summit/">previously undisclosed second conversation he had with Vladimir Putin</a>. Trump basically said that he went over to talk to Putin because he felt lonely next to the First Lady of Japan:</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="The New York Times" data-attribution-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-transcript.html" height="888" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/dfldpqku0aemh4y-JzyUsZ.jpg" width="749" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-transcript.html">The New York Times</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Curious about the president&#39;s gratuitous shade thrown at Mrs. Abe, journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/samthielman">Sam Thielman</a> looked into Akie Abe&#39;s credentials and...she knows how to say &quot;hello.&quot; And at least hundreds of other English words. Watch her give a keynote address on climate change.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe oembed-full-width"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe width="459" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uhn4EFGiZhA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Akie Abe is an accomplished former ad executive (and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akie_Abe">radio DJ!</a>) who speaks way better English than Trump does.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/samthielman/status/887997077703323649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fjapanese-first-lady-pretended-not-10837896</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Twitter applauds this new icon.</p><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Iconic... <a href="https://t.co/TE8En2OrsK">pic.twitter.com/TE8En2OrsK</a></p> &mdash; Jessica Davis (@JessDavis1308) <a href="https://twitter.com/JessDavis1308/status/888012699661090816">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">A visionary <a href="https://t.co/hrnDvFkVId">pic.twitter.com/hrnDvFkVId</a></p> &mdash; Divinity Matovu (@divinitymatovu) <a href="https://twitter.com/divinitymatovu/status/888000835984269312">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p> </p><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">She bet that Trump would be uninformed and quick to jump to stereotypes.<br /> <br /> SHE WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY.</p> &mdash; Nicey Chappe (@NiceyChappe) <a href="https://twitter.com/NiceyChappe/status/888002078844571648">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>And it is curious about how Trump came to this conclusion about Abe. Did he not even Google his seatmate?</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/887997758854098946</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Akie one-upped her husband&#39;s infamous eye roll." data-attribution="Giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="324" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-0vAFcw.gif" width="480" /></div> <figcaption>Akie one-upped her husband&#39;s infamous eye roll.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>If only all of us could use this excuse not to deal with Trump. For now, my plan is to<a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/james-comey-donald-trump-curtains-twitter/"> pull a James Comey and hide in the curtains. </a></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

The First Lady of Japan may have pretended not to know English to avoid Trump. Hero.

In his interview Wednesday night with The New York Times, President Donald Trump addressed the previously undisclosed second conversation he had with Vladimir Putin. Trump basically said that he went over to talk to Putin because he felt lonely next to the First Lady of Japan:The New York TimesCurious about the president&#39;s gratuitous shade thrown at Mrs. Abe, journalist Sam Thielman looked into Akie Abe&#39;s credentials and...she knows how to say &quot;hello.&quot; And at least hundreds of other English words. Watch her give a keynote address on climate change.Akie Abe is an accomplished former ad executive (and radio DJ!) who speaks way better English than Trump does.https://twitter.com/samthielman/status/887997077703323649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fjapanese-first-lady-pretended-not-10837896Twitter applauds this new icon.  Iconic... pic.twitter.com/TE8En2OrsK &mdash; Jessica Davis (@JessDavis1308) July 20, 2017   A visionary pic.twitter.com/hrnDvFkVId &mdash; Divinity Matovu (@divinitymatovu) July 20, 2017    She bet that Trump would be uninformed and quick to jump to stereotypes.  SHE WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY. &mdash; Nicey Chappe (@NiceyChappe) July 20, 2017 And it is curious about how Trump came to this conclusion about Abe. Did he not even Google his seatmate?https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/887997758854098946 Akie one-upped her husband&#39;s infamous eye roll. GiphyIf only all of us could use this excuse not to deal with Trump. For now, my plan is to pull a James Comey and hide in the curtains. 

Trump and First Lady of Japan Akie Abe were seat mates at dinner, but he told a reporter she didn't speak English. In fact, she speaks English quite well.