So A) Trump doesn't realize Japan's first lady speaks english OR B) She chose not to around him...

[kpete]

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[spanone]

1. he's as ignorant as they come

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. He's horrible.

Lack of understanding is the only thing at which he excels.

[SweetieD]

3. That is why they have interpreters anyway. He probably just ignored her and didn't try to talk.

[geomon666]

4. Who would want to talk to this idiot?

And of course he thinks Abe is a great guy. He's as rightwing as they come in Japan.

[Tanuki]

5. Or C)....Donnie ignored Mrs. Abe and wasn't interested in anything she might have to say

because the person seated on his other side was Argentinian First Lady Juliana Awada, who at least physically is more his "type".
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Btw, I looked at that YouTube, and Mrs. Abe speaks far better English than Trump's own wife, who has lived in the U.S. for more than two decades.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Though Melania could have told him she speaks English

since they got a tour of a Japanese Garden in Florida with just an English-speaking guide: