Trump has Japan's prime minister JUMP FOR JOY at rally for the troops

Donald Trump had Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi jumping for joy during his remarks addressing America's 'good looking' sailors in the Tokyo region on Tuesday.

U.S. troops went wild as Takaichi pumped her fist, smiled from ear-to-ear and jumped in a circle on stage aboard the USS George Washington when Trump boasted her as 'the first female prime minister in the history of Japan.'

Trump made a grand entrance to his event, coming down on a giant lift and strutting out flanked by fighter jets and large missiles before inviting the new Japanese leader on stage.

The two flowered compliments on each other during their day together before Trump heads to South Korea to wrap up his weeklong trip through Asia.

'I'm so happy to have gotten to know your new Prime Minister,' Trump said during remarks during a reception with business leaders. 'I think she's going to go down as great.'

'She's got all of our support,' he insisted.

And earlier on Tuesday, Takaichi said she would nominate Trump for next year's prize. 

The president made it his mission on Tuesday to tell U.S. troops stationed in Japan how great they were.

'You see that nobody makes equipment like we do. Nobody makes the ammunition, the weapons, the missiles, planes, none of it,' Trump said. 'And if they do, the American sailor stands ready to crush them and sink them and wreck them and blast them into oblivion, right?' 

The president then caught himself, saying that was a 'terrible statement to make.' 'That's the end of it because everybody said that I should immediately get the Nobel Peace Award,' he said. 

'With that statement, that takes me out of the running,' Trump laughed of Takaichi's earlier suggestion he would be up for the award. 

The president continued by saying that the Navy's 'ultimate strength' doesn't come from the equipment.

'It comes from the men and women of the rank and file,' he said. 'It comes from you people, incredible people, good-looking people, too many good-looking people,' Trump told the crowd of men and women, representing both the U.S. and Japan. 

'I don't like good-looking people,' he continued. 'I never liked good-looking people, I'll be honest with you.'

'Never admitted that before,' he added cheekily.

From there, Trump alluded to how the Pentagon had scrapped diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on his watch. 

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'Everything now in our country is based on merit, and that's why I look at you and see nothing but merit,' he continued. 'It's great to have a country back where we can go by merit. Now we don't go by anything else except for talent and work and hard work.'

Trump told the crowd he supported an 'across-the-board pay raise' for the entire military, an announcement that received loud cheers. 

'But now, all we really have to do is get the Democrats to approve it,' Trump said. 'But they'll come along, they always do.'

He chided his former Democratic opponent, President Joe Biden, later in the speech, suggesting that the gaffe-prone Biden had told people he was a pilot. 

While Biden has made some dubious claims - including that his uncle was eaten by cannibals after his plane crashed - pretending to be a pilot wasn't one of them.

'And see, Biden used to say he was a pilot. He was a pilot, he was a truck driver, whatever, whoever, walked in,' Trump said. 'He wasn't a pilot.'

'He wasn't too much of a president either, to be honest with you,' the Republican digged. 

Traditionally, presidents have avoided giving political speeches in front of U.S. military personnel, but Trump already scrapped that norm several times during his second term.

Trump also admitted during his remarks that he'd 'like to be an admiral.'

'I always wanted to be an admiral, to be honest,' he said, adding, 'I love those uniforms.' 

Trump arrived on the aircraft carrier alongside Takaichi, Japan's new leader, who was sworn in last week. 

The president said a deal to sell U.S. missiles to Japan was already underway, explaining that's why he used them to make his bold entrance.

'You saw a couple of them coming down with me, I hugged them,' he said. 'It's the first batch of missiles to be delivered to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces for Japan's F-35s, and they're coming this week, so they're ahead of schedule.'

Takaichi was a protégé of Trump's friend, the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022. 

That connection set the table for a warm visit, with Trump calling Takaichi up onstage to deliver remarks as part of the programming, announcing to the crowd, 'This woman is a winner!' 

'So, you know, we've become very close friends all of the sudden, because their stock market today and our stock market today hit an all-time high,' Trump said. 'That means we're doing something right.'