KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — President Trump danced with a troupe of native performers upon arrival in the Malaysian capital for the first leg of an Asian tour.
Looking fresh after a 23-hour flight from Washington, the 79-year-old swung his hips and pumped his fists to the beat of a drum near a red carpet on the airport tarmac outside Air Force One on Sunday morning local time.
An array of colorfully garbed dancers represented the country’s major ethnicities, including indigenous people from Borneo and groups of Malays, Chinese and Indians.
The president was accompanied by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who bobbed to the music alongside his guest.
Trump is blazing through Asia on a five-day mission to bolster America’s standing and trade deals in the region, including firming up relations with newly elected Japanese Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo and then meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, where he may also greet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un along the Demilitarized Zone as a last-minute addition to the planned itinerary.
