Trump also announced alongside the Japanese prime minister that Nippon Steel was dropping its $14.1 billion acquisition of U.S. steel.

"We love Japan!" Trump said as he greeted Ishiba and the two shook hands. Trump later told reporters at they sat together in the Oval Office that the two countries would work together to get U.S. trade deficit with Japan down to "even.

In 2016, before he took office the first time, Trump offered to spend $100 million for a new White House ballroom. He never got approval.

In a shift of rhetoric, White House press secretary Leavitt said Trump has not committed to putting U.S. troops on the ground in the Gaza Strip and that he only wants to see temporary resettlement of Palestinians.