From Alexandra Marquez’ article NBC news:
President Donald Trump on Thursday invoked Japan’s December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor when speaking about recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran during a bilateral meeting at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Asked by a reporter why the U.S. didn’t tell Japan or other allies about its decision to strike Iran before it did so, the president said: “We went in very hard and we didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? OK, why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?”
“You believe in surprise, I think, much more than us,” Trump added, referencing the 1941 attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii that precipitated the United States’ entry into World War II.
Was that comment, made to Japan’s head of state, supposed to be funny? Clever?
I have no problem listing out the positive accomplishments of President Trump during this second term in office. But then he makes a stupid, antagonistic comment like that??? To the head of a country we were at war with then, but have been allies with for the last 75 years???
The only good thing I can say about this supersedingly stupid comment is that at least it’s not one of the countless times he tells you how wonderful he is and how great everything he does is.
God how I wish this man would just shut the eff up.
