Japan's finance minister, Katsunobokato, had a powerful message for the United States.

If you treat us in Japan with disrespect over these tariff negotiations, we could use the nuclear option.

We have the largest holdings of U.S. treasuries in the world totaling over one trillion.

You treat us with disrespect, Donald, we will dump those and we can crash the United

States markets.

So don't test us.

Don't treat us with disrespect.

Don't dishonor us.

And Japan has objected to the way the United States has presented these trade proposals.

Now, this should be an easy deal to make with Japan.

We already had a trade deal with Japan in 2018.

That Donald Trump negotiated.

And now that Donald Trump wants to dishonor Japan, treat Japan with disrespect,

Japan is objecting to the trade proposal. And right now there's been no deal. Now, Donald Trump has told us what,

week after week after week, we're about to do a deal with Japan. I'm about to do a deal with India and Japan. We're announcing it. It's right around the

quarter. It's right around the corner. That has not taken place despite all of Donald Trump's

lies that it's going to happen. And to me, this is a major indicator, again, because the deal with Japan should be the easiest deals.

Now, we got a whiff that things were going very bad.

When Japan's Prime Minister Ashiba, back on April 21st, 2025,

said, we're not rushing into anything.

We want to strike a fair deal.

We don't want to be disrespected.

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