When asked by a reporter about why the U.S. didn't share their Iran war plans with Japan, President Donald Trump said it was necessary for the element of surprise. The president followed this with a joke, saying, "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Ok, why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

“Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Ok, why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?”

“You believe in surprise, much more so than us.”

  • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Imagine, you’re a conservative PM, self described Iron Lady, meeting your ideological ally and he says something so insanely offensive and stupid, you change your whole worldview for the better.

    I can dream, but we know she already knows whose company she’s in and she’s secretly fine with it as long as the world order shifts right.