On December 15, US President-elect Trump held an informal dinner with Akie Abe, the wife of the late former Prime Minister Abe. The dinner was held at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's private residence in Florida. Although this is merely speculation, it seems that there must have been a significant reason why Trump, who was nearly assassinated during the election campaign in July this year, invited Abe's widow privately at this time. At the very least, it can be said that "there is no way that an in-depth discussion about the murder of the former Prime Minister would not have taken place." Without fear of being criticized for reading too much into it, it is not too far-fetched to speculate that as the transition of power proceeded, Trump was somewhat convinced that his nemesis, the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, and other US intelligence agencies, were involved in Abe's assassination, so he invited Akie to confide in her "just between us."
According to sources, since the assassination of Abe in July 2022, President-elect Trump has been calling Akie Abe regularly and maintaining a close relationship. The dinner was held privately only before his inauguration in January next year, and no media was allowed in. In fact, this dinner was a very special one, planned in direct contact with Mrs. Akie by Trump.
With only one month left until the inauguration, no matter how well the two leaders get along, there is no way they would call the wife of a former prime minister from another country to Florida to say, "How are you? Long time no see!" Meanwhile, the US and Japanese governments cannot intervene since the inauguration has just begun. No reporters are allowed inside Trump's private residence, including for photographs. In fact, no photos from the private residence had been posted until noon Japan time. Only Melania posted them on X (formerly Twitter).
There is no doubt that Trump felt extraordinary anger and indignation over Abe's murder. As he deals with dozens of criminal charges against him, the detailed movements of the Department of Justice, police power, and intelligence agencies, which are the core of the Deep State (DS) that he declared would be dismantled, over the past few years may have become apparent from the personnel changes in related departments and questioning of related executives following the transition of power. This issue was discussed in detail in my December 6th article, " Turning our eyes to the non-American and European world, we can seek freedom from the "yoke" of defeat in the war: The end result of "opening the country to expel foreigners" ②."
There is a crucial similarity between the Abe assassination and the shooting of Trump: the negligence of security. The security forces and police officers were completely indifferent to the suspect's suspicious movements behind them. After the attempted assassination of Trump, the American suspect Crooks was killed by a security sniper, and like Oswald in the Kennedy case, the background to the incident was buried in obscurity. As detailed in the article published in March this year, "19th Replacement: Abe Assassination Trial Frozen - A Dark Nation That May Dismiss the Charges," we are forced to conclude that the trial of Yamagami, the defendant in the Abe assassination, has been intentionally frozen.
In the US, there are concerns from Trump supporters that "he will be killed before he takes office." It seems unlikely that Trump is indifferent to the progress of the Yamagami trial. The fact that he deliberately held a discussion with Akie Abe at his private residence could also be seen as a way for Trump, who is targeting the Department of Justice and trying to dismantle the DS in the government, to check them. Perhaps his unusual meeting with a Japanese widow before taking office was an implicit pressure to say, "I have revealed all of your plots."
The Japanese media, timidated by this, started to speculate, falling into the trap of British and American intelligence agencies, and quickly came to despise it as a "conspiracy theory." You can't get to the truth unless you see it for yourself. The only way to get as close as possible to the truth is to make multiple guesses, formulate hypotheses, and prove them on foot. Who is benefiting from the conspiracy theory boom? Isn't it the DS that has been carrying out one conspiracy after another and eliminating political opponents both at home and abroad? In another 10 years, the newspaper industry will no longer exist. At the same time, it is time for existing media that are conformist and shrink-oriented to disappear as well.
Note: Please refer to the series of articles related to the Abe assassination, such as "'State funeral for America' highlighted: The curse of Dulles binds Japan by making Abe a great man (Updated October 1, 2022)."