“I am putting my future as prime minister on this election,” Takaichi said at a press conference Monday, according to a Google translation of her remarks in Japanese.

“I would like the people to make a direct decision on whether they can entrust the management of the nation to Sanae Takaichi.”

The move comes despite the Lower House’s term running until October 2028, raising questions over why Takaichi chose to seek a fresh mandate so early.

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Security was tight in the capital, with some 18,000 police officers mobilized for the meeting, a crucial test of Takaichi’s diplomatic chops as she seeks to elevate the Japan-U.S. alliance to new heights while staving off increasing pressure from the U.S. on defense spending.

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The whole media is out to get Trump. The news organizations are beside themselves, but he’s smiling the whole time. It’s about to get real, all the scoundrels who thought they’d get Trump one way or another are going down, most of them anyway. All the lawsuits, all the criminal investigations, where are they now? These men thought they’d never be out of power, I guess, and they’d never have to pay the price for their deeds. They’re not sleeping well.

Trump is hiking tariffs on many foreign countries who have been taking advantage of the U. S. It’s not like they’re not still trying, but Trump holds them to account. Fair is fair, and the other countries have been taking advantage of the U. S. for too long. They can cry their eyes out, but they can’t stand up to what the President is doing and saying. He has a team who knows what they’re doing

and time is short. 

He’s got emissaries carrying his message to all parts of the world. The United States is through being taken advantage of, and now you can bet they are going to pay. 

Nearly everyday there’s another drug boat being blown out of the water. It’s going to get hard to recruit people to guide them, with all their compatriots at the bottom of the sea. 

Trump is heading overseas to meet the new Prime Minister of Japan. It’s a woman, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the first female ever to lead Japan. Then he’s heading to South Korea to meet with Xi. Wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall.

Israel, now that’s another story. Their government voted to annex the West Bank, but that’s not going to happen. Israel’s ruling party didn’t vote, in fact wasn’t even there. It’s a very different situation in Israel. Who can understand it? My Dad told me something interesting about Israel, and I think it still holds true. They have to have an outside enemy to fight, otherwise it’s pure chaos. 

I wish my Granddad could be here. I wonder what he’d be saying now. Thankfully, we’re in America during one of the greatest revivals we’ve ever seen. Sometimes God has other plans. 

Mark

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It was only after two failed attempts that Sanae Takaichi finally achieved her long-held ambition. In a historic parliamentary vote on 21 October, the 64-year-old was elected Japan’s first female prime minister.

She’s a colourful figure on the right of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who talks tough on immigration and has some conservative views on women’s equality.

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