Trump throws entire fish food box into koi carp pond in Japan

WION Web Team

Tokyo, JapanUpdated: Nov 06, 2017, 11:30 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe feed fish in a koi pond at the Akasaka Palace Photograph:(AFP)

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Fish lovers have taken an outrage from this as they pointed out that fish cannot absorb a large amount of food at a time.

Donald Trump currently on a trip to Japan sparked controversy on Twitter as he was feeding Koi fish with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the US president lost patience and dumped an entire box of fish food into the pond.

The koi carp is a venerated fish species which the Japanese believe brings good luck.

Having apparently lost patience with tempting the fish to the edge with delicately spooning food, Trump simply upended his wooden container and dumped the contents into the water.

Twitterati was naturally outraged over President Trump's latest gaffe with several wasting no time in panning the US president.

"While his host, prime minister Shinzo Abe, sprinkles small spoonfuls, Trump dumps entire box of fish food into precious Japanese koi pond." pic.twitter.com/4FfBLvxwBw
— Ryan Adams (@filmystic) November 6, 2017

Our only hope is that Donald Trump exercises greater control over our nuclear arsenal than he does a box of fish food.
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) November 6, 2017

Trump feeding koi fish pic.twitter.com/k6VQaC0so7
— Belinda Barnet (@manjusrii) November 6, 2017

Dotard Trump can't even get feeding fish rightpic.twitter.com/fKIcQX7YUG
— Orrite Then (@OrRite_Then) November 6, 2017

*Feeding Koi fish*
Trump:I’m bored.... pic.twitter.com/2SEQWNo2aP
— St Peter (@stpeteyontweety) November 6, 2017