The first lady of Japan may have pretended not to speak English to avoid Trump

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In a New York Times interview released Wednesday, Donald Trump claims he was not 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, nothing, right? Like zero?" Times reporter Maggie Haberman asked him. "Like, not 'hello,'" Trump replied. 

Except ... it appears that Akie Abe does speak English. In fact, here's a video of her delivering an entire keynote address in English.

And the internet has jumped to a tantalizing conclusion: Akie Abe pretended not to know English so she didn't have to talk to Trump.  Read more...

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COntributer : Mashable http://ift.tt/2ucRlPD

The first lady of Japan may have pretended not to speak English to avoid Trump The first lady of Japan may have pretended not to speak English to avoid Trump Reviewed by mimisabreena on Thursday, July 20, 2017 Rating: 5

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