Audience At The Gilded Northern Palace

Michael Shaw: "photos of the Trump – Abe meeting, his first with a foreign head of state, were taken by an Abe photographer and later distributed as handouts to western media." American press apparently barred from said meeting with a foreign head of state.

Shaw continues—

In a drastic departure from protocol, there is only one non-family member in attendance for Team Trump, the erratic General Michael Flynn (who reportedly was offered the National Security Advisor role earlier in the day). Even then, he is only fully visible in two pictures. In both cases, he's on the periphery like hired help. He receives no recognition from Abe, and, in contrast to the kids, he looks like Trump's appendage.

Among the pictures released—

Open for business; see Ivanka.