Akie Abe, spouse of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, could pretend not to know English to communicate with US President Donald trump during the dinner at the G20 summit in Hamburg. About it writes on Thursday, July 20, the British newspaper The Independent.
In an interview with The New York Times, the American leader said that sitting next to him during dinner the wife of the head of the Japanese government “an amazing woman”. While trump has complained that she doesn’t speak English.
The head of state told the American publication that Akie Abe does not even know the word “Hello”. He noted that the entire meal lasted about two hours, she sat in silence and it was extremely awkward.
The journalists stated that Akie Abe is actually fluent in English. In particular, she spoke on it during one of the symposiums.
The G20 summit took place in Hamburg on 7-8 July.