U.S. President Donald Trump has again broken with tradition, offering his “total endorsement” of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her ruling bloc in Sunday’s general election and announcing that the two planned to meet in Washington on March 19.

In a post to social media on Thursday, Trump said he was “extremely impressed” with Takaichi, who he met during an October visit to Japan, saying the results of the election would be “very important to the future of Japan.”

“Prime Minister Takaichi is someone who deserves powerful recognition for the job she and her Coalition are doing and, therefore, as President of the United States of America, it is my Honor to give a Complete and Total Endorsement of her, and what her highly respected Coalition is representing,” he wrote, adding in all capital letters: “SHE WILL NOT LET THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN DOWN!”

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