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Former President Donald Trump received a regal greeting on the start of the week in Japan, the latest leg of a five-day Asia trip which he aspires to conclude with an deal on a trade conflict ceasefire with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Diplomatic Engagements

The former president, making his lengthiest overseas trip since taking office in the start of the year, announced deals with multiple Asian nations during the first stop in Malaysia and is expected to encounter Xi in South Korea on later this week.

The former leader greeted with dignitaries on the airport runway and gave a few fist pumps, before his aircraft transported him for a nocturnal sightseeing trip of Japan's capital. His convoy was later seen entering the Imperial Palace grounds, where he encountered Japanese sovereign Naruhito.

Economic Agreements

Donald Trump has secured a $550-billion investment pledge from Tokyo in exchange for relief from strict customs taxes.

The nation's recently appointed leader, Sanae Takaichi, is hoping to further impress Trump with assurances to acquire US utility vehicles, soybeans and gas, and reveal an agreement on maritime construction.

The prime minister, who was appointed as Japan's initial woman prime minister last week, told Trump that bolstering their international partnership was her "top priority" in a telephone call on the weekend.

Other Updates

• America and China have reached consensus a framework for a trade deal just days before Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping are set to have discussions. The finance chief the treasury head said the arrangement, established on the sidelines of the regional bloc summit in Malaysia on Sunday, would remove the danger of the application of complete taxes on goods from China starting on 1 November.
• Donald Trump has overseen the execution of a truce deal between Bangkok and Phnom Penh on the first day of an Asian journey. The US president reached the Malaysian nation on Sunday before the regional conference in the main city, the metropolitan center.
• CAIR has charged the Trump administration of a "blatant affront to free speech" after national border officials apprehended UK reporter, Sami Hamdi, on the weekend.

The former president said he was looking forward to having discussions with the prime minister, a close ally of his late friend and golf companion, former prime minister the late prime minister, adding: "In my opinion she'll become outstanding."

Official Comments

Additionally, Trump declared he would eliminate campaigning for the vice president role in the 2028 presidential race, an idea some of his followers have proposed to permit the Republican president to occupy an further tenure in office.

"It would be permissible to do that," Trump said, in an conversation with media members within the official plane.

However, he continued: "That's not an option. I believe it's overly clever. Yes, I would eliminate that option because it's overly clever. I believe the people would disapprove of that. It's overly clever. It's not - it could not be considered proper."