President Donald Trump on Thursday did what few American presidents have ever done—issue explicit electoral endorsements to foreign candidates for the highest political office in electoral democracies.
"[Japanese] Prime Minister [Sanae] Takaichi is someone who deserves powerful recognition for the job she and her Coalition are doing and, therefore, as President of the United States of America, it is my Honor to give a Complete and Total Endorsement of her, and what her highly respected Coalition is representing," the president Truth-Socialed Thursday afternoon, ahead of Japan's snap elections this weekend.
