Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is pushing back against suggestions that he was brown-nosing President Donald Trump after praising him as "sincere" and "powerful" to reporters.
"So this was the first time meeting face to face. But for many, many years, I have watched him on television, so it was quite exciting," Ishiba said during a press conference after his meeting with Trump Friday. "Was so excited to see such a celebrity on television, to see in person on television, he is frightening, and he has a very strong personality, but when I met with him, actually, he was very sincere and very powerful and with strong will for the United States as for the whole world."
