The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter’s insights
In President Trump’s telling, the “very big event” in Japan is something he just can’t miss.
How big? “One hundred times bigger” than the Super Bowl, Trump boasted during an Oval Office meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last month.
“Something that hasn’t happened in over 200 years,” the president marveled this week, as he prepared to leave Washington for Tokyo on Friday.
View the complete May 24 article by David Nakamura on The Washington Post website here.