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Trump dump delights peckish Japanese fish, outrages Twitter
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) and US President Donald Trump (left) meet for a dinner at a restaurant in Tokyo on Nov.5. Trump touched down in Japan on November 5, kicking off the first leg of a high-stakes Asia tour set to be dominated by soaring tensions with nuclear-armed North Korea. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/POOL/AFP)
U
S President Donald Trump sparked a feeding frenzy on social media Monday when he was photographed dumping a box of fish food into a pond of koi carp during his trip to Japan.
Trump and his host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began by delicately spooning out the food into the pond to the waiting koi, which had been rounded up by a clapping Japanese aide.
The US leader apparently lost patience with this method and upended his entire wooden box into the pond.
President Trump helping feed the koi with Prime Minister Abe. pic.twitter.com/O41GyVvLQ4
— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) November 6, 2017
However, it turned out that Trump was merely following his host's lead, as Abe had previously sprinkled out the remains of his box into the pond.
If the media will lie about Trump feeding Koi with PM Abe why do you expect them to not lie about much of everything else they say? pic.twitter.com/KQofu2S7zn
— IAmSilky🇺🇸🇭🇺 (@IAmVerySilky) November 6, 2017
The incident caused outrage among fish lovers on Twitter, with many pointing out that fish cannot absorb a large amount of food at a time.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, standing just behind Trump, appeared to break out in laughter at his boss's no-nonsense approach to koi feeding.
But some uncharitable Twitter users were less forgiving, with several writing: "Trump can't even feed fish right."
— Alex Pfeiffer (@PfeifferDC) November 6, 2017
