Indeed, Abe’s domestic troubles look simple compared to the litany of scandals surrounding Trump. After a weekend spent seething over “slippery” James Comey’s publicity tour for his new book, the president got more bad news on Monday, when a federal judge said she is considering appointing a neutral third party to evaluate whether documents seized by the F.B.I. from Cohen’s office, apartment, and hotel room are considered privileged communications—potentially exposing the president’s conversations with his lawyer to the Mueller investigation. “The guys that know Trump best are the most worried. People are very, very worried. Because it’s Michael f--king Cohen. Who knows what he’s done?” a former Trump campaign official told Axios’s Mike Allen.

With both leaders under stress, a lot could go wrong. Struggling to maintain his position as Asia’s resident Trump-whisperer, Abe is currently fielding accusations of cronyism after it was revealed he and his wife’s names were removed from government documents related to the discounted sale of state-owned land to one of their friends. Despite denying involvement, Abe’s ratings have slumped into sub-Trumpian territory, and his predecessor, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, has predicted he will be out by the end of June. A positive outcome at Mar-a-Lago could help turn the tide for Abe, while failure could prove cataclysmic. Japanese officials are reportedly worried that Trump could cut a deal with Kim Jong Un, if the two ever get around to meeting, in which the North Koreans might agree to destroy their long-range intercontinental missiles, but retain shorter-range missiles that threaten Japan. Unlucky for Abe, then, that Trump seems to have more important matters on his mind: