julie: that s absolutely right in this golf trip apparently was meant to try to present a bit of a friendly front for the two world leaders so how did the golf trump come in? there s actually a lot of history here. the last time the two leaders of japan and the united states played golf together was 60 years ago. president eisenhower played golf at the prime minister of japan back in 1957 and at the time it was hailed as a triumph of diplomacy between the two former world war ii enemies. well today pride the prime minister s grandson played golf with the new american president. this has been in the works since right after election day. it was actually prime minister abe s idea. remember he was the first world leader to meet with mr. trump after his victory and the president was concerned about some of the harsh language mr. trump is used during the campaign to talk about japan.
julie: that s absolutely right in this golf trip apparently was meant to try to present a bit of a friendly front for the two world leaders so how did the golf trump come in? there s actually a lot of history here. the last time the two leaders of japan and the united states played golf together was 60 years ago. president eisenhower played golf at the prime minister of japan back in 1957 and at the time it was hailed as a triumph of diplomacy between the two former world war ii enemies. well today pride the prime minister s grandson played golf with the new american president. this has been in the works since right after election day. it was actually prime minister abe s idea. remember he was the first world leader to meet with mr. trump after his victory and the president was concerned about some of the harsh language mr. trump is used during the campaign to talk about japan.