During President Trump’s first meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday, Ishiba presented a very special gift to our president.
He gave President Trump a golden samurai helmet, known as the “Eternal Helmet.”
NEW: The Prime Minister of Japan gave President Trump a super special gift called the "Eternal Helmet," a golden samurai helmet created by a company in the Prime Minister's hometown
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It was created especially for President Trump from a company in PM Ishiba’s hometown.
President Trump gave Prime Minister Ishiba a gift in return — a copy of his picture book, Save America.
Japanese news outlet Kyodo News reported on the special gift:
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a golden samurai helmet crafted by a company from his home prefecture in western Japan during his visit to Washington for their first summit on Friday, a Japanese government source said.
The idea stemmed from the popularity of the award-winning U.S. television series Shogun, a Japan-set historical drama about a warlord, the source said. Trump is widely known to like the color gold.
The samurai helmet, measuring 57 centimeters wide, 81 cm high, and 48 cm deep, is priced at 168,000 yen ($1,100), according to its manufacturer, Ningyouno Hanafusa Co., based in Tottori.
The New York Post added:
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gifted President Trump a golden samurai helmet during their first face-to-face meeting at the White House on Friday.
The lavish present — known as the “Eternal Helmet” — came as the two world leaders discussed slashing the US trade deficit with Japan as Trump, 78, seeks to impose tariffs on neighboring countries and China to bolster American manufacturing.
Ishiba, 68, requested a company in his hometown of Tottori create the offering, specifically in gold, due to the popularity and mass acclaim of the epic FX/Hulu historical Japan-based drama “Shogun,” Japanese outlet Kyodo News reported, citing a government source.
Tomoya Hanafusa, president of Ningyouno Hanafusa Co., said the Japanese Foreign Ministry placed the order with his firm in November — one month after Ishiba stepped into power, the outlet reported.
Hanafusa was told at the time the helmet would be given to a foreign VIP — and is now “extremely grateful and happy” the gift, worth more than $1,000, or 168,000 yen, was created by his company, according to Kyodo News.
Joe Biden's helmet would've been this: pic.twitter.com/917M9PDfhJ
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