Abe doesn't respect Trump. He knows his country needs the cooperation of the US, and the best way to get that is to flatter the current child president. The US has lost the respect of the world, and can only expect shallow patronizing remarks until we can correct the disgusting mistake of our last presidential election.
So you're now the official spokesperson for the Japanese Prime Minister? How do you know what he does or doesn't respect, are you a clairvoyant or something? You do know that to read a Japanese person's mind, you'd have to speak Japanese, right ? Do you speak Japanese?
Or is this just some hogwash you just made up?
It's well known that Trump is susceptible to flattery. How have you guys not figured that out?
You only think that because it was stated on either MSNBC or CNN. I heard them say the same thing myself.
A person "susceptible to flattery" would never have become as successful as he has.
Trump is not and has never been a successful businessman, although he plays one on TV. Had he not been born rich, he would be broke. He would have a higher net worth had he simply invested the money his father left him. He is a successful realty TV star.
World leaders all say the same thing about Trump. Flatter him. Play to his narcissism and his ego. Then they laugh about him and make jokes behind his back.
Malcolm Turner mocked Trump at a correspondents’ dinner. Justin Trudeau didn’t call out Trump on his lies about the trade deficit because little is accomplished by offending Trump. Abe has been quoted in the Japanese press as having a strategy for “managing” relations with Trump which involves flattery and half page briefing papers.
Trump is a laughing stock in the rest of the world.
This is the BBC’s take:
What do world leaders think of Trump?
Canada:
The year the world laughed at U.S. - Macleans.ca
Australia - please note that “abc” is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation not the American network.
Donald Trump's presidency has exposed fault lines in our opinion of America - Donald Trump's America - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
And from fact check:
World Opinion of Trump and U.S. - FactCheck.org