Ishiba, Trump to meet on G7 sidelines

Why do people care anything about America in Japan. Forget our own path. Stop sucking up.

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Trumps tariff plans are going sideways - and he is now forced to do what he tried to avoid with his rash blustering : NEGOTIATE.

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Always a good idea to talk, in order to find win:win solutions!

JERA announced a huge investment in the USA.

250 billion and 50.000 jobs!

JERA is not an investment. It's a deal to buy US LNG over 20 years.

JERA secures 20-year US LNG deals worth $200b to the American economy

That is $1 billion per year.

JERA secures 20-year US LNG deals worth $200b to the American economy

https://www.energyconnects.com/news/gas-lng/2025/june/jera-secures-major-20-year-us-lng-deals-worth-200bn-to-american-economy/

200 billion over 20 years is NOT “1 billion per year”.

come on man, 2 posts trying to dunk on me (that actually prove what I said as true) and you missed that basic math?

Next post?: it’s not 50,000 jobs! It’s 50,000 jobs over 20 years! Which is 5 jobs a year!

lol

Japan has no leverage, as the country is in financial and demographic collapse, second tier technology, massive debt levels, inflation out of control, etc.

Japan's merit is China proximity and history, and so that'll be the focus of their conversations at the G-7!

J-gov interpreters must dread when they hear there's gonna be meetings with Trump. Imagine trying to simultaneously translate Trump's word-salad "weave"? They should get a stress bonus.

HopeSpringsEternal

Japan has no leverage, as the country is in financial and demographic collapse, second tier technology, massive debt levels, inflation out of control, etc.

You still live here.

Blacklabel

200 billion over 20 years is NOT “1 billion per year”.

> come on man, 2 posts trying to dunk on me (that actually prove what I said as true) and you missed that basic math?

You said it was a $200 billion JERA investment. It is a $200 billion buying of LNG over 20 years worth yes, $10 billion per year. Peanuts in the US economy. But the US needs new LNG port terminals.

Professionals are not emotional but rather grounded in reality and logic and can therefore shift 180 degrees on a dime as needed in order to reach the best outcomes.

PM Ishiba's fundamental problem is he's not a professional, but rather firmly stuck in the past, controlled by his emotions and feelings and therefore he's unable to act decisively, pivot, adapt, etc.

Trump has no respect for Ishiba as a result, and nothing will ever change regarding this terrible dynamic

The Trump gong show continues

such a clown

Lead with a firm handshake and look him in the eye, Ishiba-san. You can do it!

Trump’s chaotic, spite-filled policies on trade and aid have led traditional allies to look elsewhere and form stronger ties among themselves.

The New York Times reports that traditional allies like Japan, Britain, Canada, France, and others are working more closely together as they look to build an alliance system without the United States. These new alliances are already yielding results. Canada, Britain, and the EU just made a $170 billion defense deal. Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Norway just placed significant sanctions on two far-right Israeli Cabinet members. The deals made in recent weeks demonstrate the erosion of U.S. diplomatic legitimacy that Trump’s shirking of traditional Western order has caused—a troubling message, as the G7 summit is just days away.

“These are countries that share the broad policy goal of predictable, rules-based international affairs—obviously a goal that is no longer shared by the Trump administration,” Peterson Institute for International Economics senior fellow Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, told the Times. “America first means America first,” he added, “even if it means America more alone.”

G7 organizers have planned various meetings without the United States, as Trump will arrive at the summit at odds on trade and tariffs with essentially every other leader there. “Should we, in some ways, talk about a G6-plus-one?” Kirkegaard said.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump to meet in Canada on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit next week.

That was his first mistake. His second will be going through with it.

World leaders will be much better off staying as far away from Trump the destroyer as they can. The only things associated with Trump are his failures, backstabbing and his many many crimes.

Back away from this meeting while you still can!