President Trump joked about Pearl Harbor during a White House meeting Thursday with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The awkward moment came as Trump responded to a Japanese journalist’s question about why the U.S. didn’t inform its allies in Europe and Asia before joining Israel in a war on Iran.
President Donald Trump: “Well, one thing, you don’t want to signal too much, you know? When we go in, 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?”
Prime Minister Takaichi appeared visibly uncomfortable, leaning back in her seat.
AloJapan.com