U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he pays his "highest respect" to outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, expressing sympathy that "a great friend" had to decide to step down due to health problems."We've had a great relationship and I just feel very badly about it, because it must be very severe for him to leave," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, adding, "He loves his country so much and for him to leave, you know, I just can't imagine what it is."A senior Trump administration official separately said earlier in the day that the U.S. government expresses gratitude for…READ FULL ARTICLE
