I can’t tell if this is dementia or his regular poor taste and racism.
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2026
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I hate Trump. Fuck Trump.
However, out of all the disgusting and ghastly shit Trump has done and said, this one is not that bad. Poor taste, sure. Racist? Come on. Did you even read it? It was actually witty compared to his typical knuckle dragging bullshit.
A reporter asked Trump why he didn't tell U.S. allies, including European and Asian countries, such as Japan, that he was planning joint military strikes with Israel on Iran.
"One thing, you don't want to signal too much when we go in," Trump said. "We went in very hard and we didn't tell anyone about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
This guy is a sex predator, pedo who is trying to be a dictator and is taking our democratic rights away. Let's focus on that first. Don't let this petty bullshit be the focus.
I'll take my downvotes now.
I guess he could always do worse and joke about Hiroshima...but I wont give more ideas...
He does worse most times he opens his mouth. Calling a woman "piggy" to her face is considerably worse.
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Well...she's a huge fan of Trump so she deserves all she gets.
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Interesting that Trump seems to understand that we "did a pearl harbor" on Iran, but somehow still thinks that we are the "good guys"? He almost got self aware for a second there.
He doesn't believe in good guys, he thinks everyone is just as evil as him so it makes his continuous assault on all limits of human decency OK in his mind.
Yup, this is why his accusations are always confessions. Projection is the psychological phenomenon where you refuse to see yourself as bad, so you justify your bad actions with “everyone does bad stuff like this, so it doesn’t make me bad to do them.” But when all of your interactions are colored by that “everyone does bad stuff like this” part, it means you project those bad intentions onto others and default to assuming they’re just as bad as you are. So when he’s accusing people of bad things, it is because he has projected those intentions onto them.
And Trump’s narcissism refuses to let him do any kind of soul-searching that may lead him to stop projecting. And thus, every accusation is an admission.
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If you’re stunned you have not been paying attention to the last ten years.
Not to worry. He’s going to be SLAMMED for this. Perhaps even someone will BLAST him. And since journalism is literal Pokémon moves now he might even be CONFUSED or HYPNOTIZED
President Trump used DISTRACTION! It's not very effective against Epstein Files...
It was a BOMBSHELL statement.
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That wasn’t a joke. He was not joking. He’s an abusive asshole.
He's a sociopath, no two ways about it. I remember a story his nephew told about bringing his developmentally disabled son (can't remember the exact condition) to the White House and having multiple meetings with Trump about setting up a bill that would benefit Americans, including his own great-nephew. In one of those meetings, after it had all seemed positive, everyone left the room but Trump and his nephew, to whom Trump immediately said "be a lot easier and less expensive if all these disabled kids would just die".
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Its crazy how well he represents the worst of america so well. Let me tell you folks no one does it better. The best people are all saying it. Top people in fact.
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Does he not realize what he’s implying based on the ultimate fate of imperial Japan after they did the Pearl Harbor?
I guarantee you he does not.
Also, Germany (Japan’s biggest ally) was pissed when they heard about Japan’s attack, because they were hoping to conquer all of Europe before they even considered taking on America. The surprise attack was a surprise to Germany too. And not a welcome one.
And sure enough, America’s allies all balked when Trump begged them for help in securing the strait.
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Time for Japan to dump their 1 trillion in US bonds. That'll be worse than Pearl Harbor for them.
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Remember that the US nuked Japan in response. So I guess he'd be ok if Iran nuked the US in response?
Remember that the US nuked Japan in response.
Twice.
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Bro. The people coming to his defense is mind blowing. "That's not what he meant!", "He didn't mean it in a racist way!" Shut the fuck up. He knows what he's saying. He doesn't care. The mental gymnastics his cult does for him is crazy. Just own up to it. He's the racist pedophile Uncle who makes bad jokes at a family gathering that you wouldn't leave your 10 year old with.
It is what it is.
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"Oval Office stunned..."
No, they weren't. No one is surprised when Trump makes a complete ass of himself in front of other world leaders, it's sort of his thing.
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Americans must be so proud of their commander in chief. Well at least 40% still are. That's all you need to know about the United States. In regards to the world, you lost all respect and trust that took 80 years to built. If any other foreign leader would use this language, he would be in a white padded cell within hours.
I actually think someone like trump could exist in more countries than we are willing to acknowledge. He plays terribly as someone else's leader, but as your own leader, people seem to love the jingoism, bravado, and shamelessness in a lot of countries.
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This is the funniest fucking thing he's ever done.
To a prior PM, it would be in extremely bad taste. But this bitch is nakedly fascist.
I died laughing! 😂 I like how silent the room just went after the 2 sec before people realized what he just said.
Btw the Japan Primeminister is also a Japanese MAGA so I don't really give a f about her either. Let them swin in their own nationalist poop.
anyone want to share? I can't see the joke.
"One thing, you don't want to signal too much when we go in," Trump said. "We went in very hard and we didn't tell anyone about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
Legitimately a good joke, probably not during a diplomatic meeting though.
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Guess his joke bombed.
Wow, I thought the title is exaggerated but the room did fell silent after that joke. Even Trump seemed to notice it didn't land that well. Impressive.
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The biggest buyer of US debt everyone. Lucky for Trump she's a boot licker.
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Joke!? Motherfuckers get the hell out of here with that. It was an insult.
I fucking hate him...
He lowered the bar to the ground & then went at it with a shovel. Ooooo dayumn.
"Why didn't you tell me about pearl harbor? I was -5 years old at the time"
I haven't read anything about this interview because I'm preemptively feeling the embarrassment and rage of what our Prime Minister will say or promise to cater to the orange shit stain.
Ehh not suprised with how stupid donald is.
What a fucking moron and stoops to level of fucking Tojo. US Navy intelligence broke the Japanese code in 1937 and they knew exactly when the fleet departed and their target.
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The element of surprise was totally key to winning this war. When you kill ailing 86 year old pope, and 160 grade school girls, you make everyone in Iran immediately see the virtues of Mossad/CIA style democracy. -- Don Tzu
I was curious about what the Japanese side's take on Trump's remark would be, so I found this news report from a Japanese outlet:
Try translating the comments by yourself. You'd find that most people are blaming the Japanese reporter who asked "why didn't you notify us before attacking Iran." They say that of course they wouldn't tell us (Japanese) about a surprise attack beforehand and that this question is stupid and rude.
Personally though I think this remark is rude regardless of what questions were asked. Also I think that the question itself may be stupid but isn't rude.
The question should have been phrased "why did you not form a Coalition before your attack on Iran" but that would have confused Trump.
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