Eric Trump, son of US President Donald Trump, discovered himself in an uncommon showdown over the Labor Day weekend—inside a sumo wrestling ring in Tokyo. Trump shared a video on Instagram exhibiting him going head-to-head with a Yokozuna, the title reserved for the highest-ranked grand champion in skilled sumo.
“Not day by day you get invited to sumo the legend”
Posting the clips on September 1, the 41-year-old businessman and govt vice chairman of the Trump Group wrote: “Not day by day you get invited to sumo the legend, Yokozuna! Nearly had him! A fantastic honor!”
Bearhugged out of the ring
Within the first match, Eric Trump and the Yokozuna squared off earlier than the wrestler effortlessly lifted and bearhugged him out of the dohyō—the round sumo ring. A second video confirmed the grand champion spinning Trump round “like a helicopter rotor,” drawing laughs from spectators.
Photographs with sumo wrestlers
Trump’s publish additionally featured a gaggle photograph of himself standing alongside the Yokozuna and different skilled wrestlers, commemorating the lighthearted occasion.
Enterprise ties to Japan
Past the sumo spectacle, Trump was in Tokyo to help Metaplanet, a Japanese bitcoin treasury firm. He was appointed as an adviser to the agency in March, based on Reuters.
