For the past 12 days, President Trump has been on a wide-ranging tour across Asia, visiting five nations for state visits and several international summit meetings. Accompanying the president were his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, a dozen or so aides, a contingent of secret service agents, a traveling White House press corps, and many others necessary to operate the many helicopters, motorcades, and aircraft required to safely and securely transport the whole entourage tens of thousands of miles in a matter of days. Asian leaders welcomed the Trumps with lavish ceremonies and flattery that seemed to outshine what they had shown to previous presidents, and China provided what it called a "State Visit Plus." The overall goals of the Asia trip were to strengthen U.S. partner relationships, promote freedom across the region, and to work to limit North Korea’s nuclear threat.
Photos of President Trump's Trip to Asia
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Air Force One departs from Yokota Air Base, Japan, with Mount Fuji in the background, on November 7, 2017, bound for South Korea. President Trump had just spent three days in Japan as part of a 12-day tour of the Asia Pacific region. #
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, adjacent to Honolulu, on November 3, 2017. Trump paid a solemn visit to Pearl Harbor and its memorial to the USS Arizona, a hallowed place he said he had read about, discussed and studied, but had never visited until just before his first official visit to Asia. #
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President Trump delivers a speech to U.S. military personnel and members of Japan Self-Defense Forces upon his arrival at the U.S. Yokota Air Base on the outskirts of Tokyo, on November 5, 2017. #
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Riding next to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Trump waves after playing a round of golf at the Kasumigaseki Country Club Golf Course in Kawagoe, Japan, on November 5, 2017. #
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A member of the White House Press Corps falls asleep at a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, on November 5, 2017, as President Trump and Prime Minister Abe have dinner next door at Ginza Ukai Tei. #
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Japan's Emperor Akihito (left) visits with President Trump while First Lady Melania Trump talks with Empress Michiko (right) inside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on November 6, 2017. #
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First Lady Melania Trump, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife, Akie, show off calligraphy they wrote as they attended a fourth grade calligraphy class at Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary School in Tokyo, on November 6, 2017. The calligraphy, combined, reads, "Peace." #
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White House Director of Strategic Communications Hope Hicks, one of many aides traveling with the president, arrives at a state banquet at Akasaka Palace, on November 6, 2017, in Tokyo. #
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Japanese pop star Pikotaro (right), most famous for his "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen" song, poses with Prime Minister Abe and President Trump during an official dinner in Trump's honor at Akasaka Palace on November 6, 2017. Reportedly, Abe was aware that Trump’s granddaughter is a fan of Pikotaro, and arranged the meeting. #
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A South Korean conservative takes part in a pro-Trump rally at the city center of Seoul, South Korea, on November 7, 2017, the day President Trump arrived in South Korea as part of his Asia tour. #
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Members of the White House Press Corps take a moment to file between events at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, where President Trump was meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-In on November 7, 2017. #
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President Trump addresses the National Assembly in Seoul on November 8, 2017. In his speech, Trump addressed Kim Jong Un and the government of North Korea, saying "Today, I hope I speak not only for our countries, but for all civilized nations, when I say to the North: Do not underestimate us, and do not try us." #
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Secret Service Counter-Assault Team members ride in a support helicopter as President Trump travels towards the Demilitarized Zone, the tense military border between the two Koreas, on November 8, 2017. Marine One turned back because of a bad weather call just minutes away from arriving. #
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Air Force One arrives at Beijing, China, on November 8, 2017. The slogan on the sign in front is a message from the ruling Communist Party calling on citizens to fight hard for a new era of Chinese socialism. #
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President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and his wife Peng Liyuan, stand together as they tour the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 8, 2017. #
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President Trump and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang shake hands at the Presidential Palace, standing in front of a statue of the late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, on November 12, 2017, in Hanoi, Vietnam. #
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White House staff members deplane from Air Force One after arriving with President Trump at Ninoy-Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, on November 12, 2017. #
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Protesters shout slogans while displaying portraits of President Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila to protest Trump's visit on November 10, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. #
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A protester pushes a police officer as they are dispersed with water cannons while trying to get near the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines to protest against the visit of President Trump on November 12, 2017. #
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President Trump speaks with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte at an ASEAN Summit dinner at the SMX Convention Center, on November 12, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. #
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From left: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President Donald Trump, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull join hands for the "family photo" during the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila on November 13, 2017. #
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