"I want to pay my highest respect to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a very great friend of mine," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned from a campaign rally in New Hampshire. He's a great gentleman and so I'm just paying my highest respect," Trump added. Abe announced earlier he was ending his record-breaking tenure, kicking off a leadership race in the world's third-largest economy. Abe was forced to leave office just one year after becoming the country's youngest-ever prime minister but has since become Japan's longest-serving premier. He had been expected to stay in office until the end of his term as LDP leader in September 2021.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 29, 2020 02:37 UTC