It was my great honor to welcome former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso — at Trump Tower this evening!
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(audience chattering) From Japan, many from Japan. - Oh really, that's too bad. - Very popular man, you know that, right? - Yes. - You too. - Great, great. - You too. - You look well. - Yes, I like that. - We'll go up, have a little talk. Any questions or anything? - What do you think about the significance of Mr. Hassel coming all over from, all over to pay a visit to you at this time around? - Well, he's a highly respected man in Japan and beyond. And somebody that I've liked and I've known through our very dear friend, right? Shinzo, we love Shinzo. - Yes. - And who was a great man, by the way. He was a great, great man. But we got to know each other, we like each other, and we'll be talking about Japan and the United States right now, and lots of other things also. But highly respected, it's a great honor to have him. - What is your message to the Japanese people? - To the people of Japan? It's a great country, you're doing very well. Shinzo was a great friend of mine, he was a great, he was truly a great man and somebody that we all respected and we really loved. And I miss him greatly, I miss him greatly. But we really admire the people of Japan, thank you. Thank you, everybody. - Thank you very much. - Thank you very much. - Say it. - Any plans for tomorrow? - What's tomorrow, you tell me, you tell me. - Jim Johnson is visiting with your students at Columbia. - Well, we have a lot of different things, but what's going on with the colleges and where they're closing Columbia now, I mean, it's just crazy. Columbia should gain a little strength, a little courage and keep their school open. It's crazy because that means the other side wins. When you start closing down colleges and universities, that means the other side. In Japan, they don't know about that, they don't close. They keep it open, they make it work. And the people running Columbia have made a grave mistake. Thank you very much, everybody. - Thank you.
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