"One thing, you don't want to signal too much. When we went in, we went in very hard and did not tell anybody about it because we wanted the surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why did you not tell me about Pearl Harbor? If I go and tell everybody about it, it's no longer a surprise, right?"
"You are getting reaction pretty much down partisan lines, if you look on X there are Democrats melting down about it and say it wasn't appropriate. There are a lot of Republicans who think that this was classic Trump. Just sort of a different way of diplomacy, and he talks in a different and often more effective way than people who come the regular diplomatic route."
During an Oval Office meeting, President Trump responded to a question about not informing allies of military action against Iran by making a joke referencing Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Trump stated that surprise is essential in military operations and asked the prime minister why Japan didn't inform the U.S. about Pearl Harbor. Fox News anchor John Roberts found the exchange amusing and reported it to correspondent Jacqui Heinrich. The comment generated divided reactions online, with Democrats criticizing it as inappropriate while Republicans praised it as characteristic Trump diplomacy. Prime Minister Takaichi appeared visibly uncomfortable during the exchange.
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