Ray LaHood: “We thought they were a little safety deaf in Japan.”

I think that was a very, very good decision.

And that's frankly, why I -- when somebody asked me about Trump going to, you know, going there for a visit, it's a complete joke. They were the -- had the, you know, the worst safety record of any administration in the history of DOT.

We cannot afford not to do it.

It's not uncommon to have a crash in an area where there are residents.