President Trump joins the tradition of wearing matching shirts at APEC summit

Another day, another Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, another matching shirt.

President Trump on Friday participated the tradition of wearing matching tops for the “family photo” at APEC. He and other world leaders in attendance sported blue silk shirts, selected by their Vietnamese hosts this year.

The tradition dates back to 1993, when then-President Clinton played host to the meeting in Seattle and gifted world leaders with bomber jackets, ABC News reported.

The next year, Indonesia followed suit, and the practice has stuck ever since.

That means moments like then-President Bush donning a traditional Peruvian poncho in 2008:

And then-President Obama wearing a barong tagalog, traditional formal attire in the Philippines, back in 2015:

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President Donald Trump, right, and first lady Melania Trump, left, pose for a photo as they tour the Forbidden City, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Beijing, China. Trump is on a five country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ORG XMIT: TKSK323 
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with families of Japanese abducted by North Korea in Tokyo Nov. 6, 2017. They are, from left in front row, Hitomi Soga, Shigeo Iizuka, Abe’s wife Akie, Abe, Trump, U.S. first lady Melania, Sakie Yokota and Akihiro Arimura.  
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First lady Melania Trump, and her Japanese counterpart Akie Abe, third from right, listen to sales manager Hajime Fukuju, left, during their visit Nov. 5, 2017, to Mikimoto Ginza Main Store, Japan’s pearl jewelry maker, at the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. 
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President Trump, center, salutes, with first lady Melania Trump, top right, uoon arrival at the U.S. Yokota Air Base. On his first to Asia, Trump will visit Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and Philippines for summits of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 
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