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Under Nuclear Shadow of Trump, Abe's Pearl Harbor Visit Mixes Business and Penitence

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Under Nuclear Shadow of Trump, Abe's Pearl Harbor Visit Mixes Business and Penitence

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Overshadowed by the threats of a renewed nuclear arms race under incoming President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama made a historic visit to Pearl Harbor on Tuesday in a symbolic show of unity and reconciliation.

Daniel Kritenbrink, Obama's top Asia adviser in the White House, said the visit was part of an effort to "directly deal with even the most sensitive aspects of our shared history."

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After beginning a trade war with China, handing monetary policy to Wall Street, attacking a union official for telling the truth, destroying any chance of addressing climate change, and now beginning a nuclear arms race, Trump’s “second amendment people” should certainly realize that he’s conned them.