Trump "postpone" idea shot down by Japanese Olympic minister

El presidente Donald Trump habla durante una reunión con el primer ministro irlandés Leo Varadkar en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, el jueves 12 de marzo de 2020. (AP Foto/Evan Vucci)

FILE - In this Thursday, March 12, 2020, file photo, Greek Evzones guards stand next to Japan, Olympic and Greece flags, from left, during the flame lighting ceremony at the closed Ancient Olympia site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece. U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for a year because of the spreading virus was immediately shot down by Japan's Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, then newly appointed Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for a year because of the spreading coronavirus was immediately shot down by the Olympic minister. “The IOC and the organizing committee are not considering cancellation or a postponement - absolutely not at all,” Hashimoto, an Olympic bronze medalist, told a news conference on Friday, March 13, 2020 in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)