“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.”

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    1 day ago

    They’re also not idiots, and they understand when they’re interacting with someone from a another country that their counterpart isn’t always going to follow their local social norms. They also know Trump is a buffoon. I doubt anyone Japanese was truly insulted; all US citizens should be embarrassed though.