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07-20-2017, 10:29 PM
The first lady of Japan may have pretended **t to speak English to avoid Trump
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In a New York Times interview (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-transcript.html?_r=0) released Wednesday, Donald Trump claims he was **t able to converse with Japanese first lady Akie Abe at a G20 summit dinner.*
After all, he said, despite being a "terrific woman," she "doesn't speak English."
"Like, **thing, right? Like zero?" Times reporter Maggie Haberman asked him. "Like, **t 'hello,'" Trump replied.*
Except ... it appears that Akie Abe does speak English. In fact, here's a video of her delivering an entire key**te address in English.
SEE ALSO: Trump at the G20 summit was pretty much a gaffe-filled disaster (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/trump-g20-asia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
And the internet has jumped to a tantalizing conclusion: Akie Abe pretended **t to k**w English so she didn't have to talk to Trump.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/20/first-lady-japan-akie-abe-english-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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In a New York Times interview (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-transcript.html?_r=0) released Wednesday, Donald Trump claims he was **t able to converse with Japanese first lady Akie Abe at a G20 summit dinner.*
After all, he said, despite being a "terrific woman," she "doesn't speak English."
"Like, **thing, right? Like zero?" Times reporter Maggie Haberman asked him. "Like, **t 'hello,'" Trump replied.*
Except ... it appears that Akie Abe does speak English. In fact, here's a video of her delivering an entire key**te address in English.
SEE ALSO: Trump at the G20 summit was pretty much a gaffe-filled disaster (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/trump-g20-asia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
And the internet has jumped to a tantalizing conclusion: Akie Abe pretended **t to k**w English so she didn't have to talk to Trump.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/20/first-lady-japan-akie-abe-english-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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