Trump Uses Accents To Mock Japanese, Korean Allies At Hamptons Fundraiser

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - MAY 28: US President Donald Trump talks with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he leaves the Japan's navy ship Kaga on May 28, 2019 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. U.S President Donald Trump is on ... YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - MAY 28: US President Donald Trump talks with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he leaves the Japan's navy ship Kaga on May 28, 2019 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. U.S President Donald Trump is on a four-day state visit to Japan, the first official visit of the Reiwa era. (Photo by Charly Triballeau - Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Over the weekend, President Donald Trump gave a long, meandering speech at a fundraiser in Bridgehampton, New York, at one point adopting Japanese and South Korean accents to mock the countries’ respective leaders, Shinzo Abe and Moon Jae-in.

According to the New York Post, Trump mimicked Moon giving in on negotiations over defense spending.

Trump later attempted Abe’s accent while imitating the Japanese president’s responses on trade tariffs.

Trump reportedly had kinder words for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who he called a “friend” and said from whom he’d just received a “beautiful letter.”

“If I hadn’t been elected president we would be in a big fat juicy war with North Korea,” he said, per the Post.

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  1. When I read the headline, I thought for a moment that he had adopted a Canadian accent.

    But seriously, how could he tell a Japanese from a South Korean (or North Korean) accent? To him, all those people sound alike.

  2. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    a big fat juicy war

    Talking like a five-year-old again. A five-year-old who thinks he’s being slightly edgy with his language.

  3. How much proof does this country need to determine that Trump is unfit and lacks the required temperament for the office?

  4. Avatar for tamdai tamdai says:

    Well obviously, Trump is a linguistic genius. He has the best words, so it stands to reason that he has the best accents, too.

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