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ruet

(10,266 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:22 PM Thursday

Trump Ribs Japanese PM on Pearl Harbor in Oval Office Talk on Iran [View all]

Source: The Hill

President Trump ribbed the nation of Japan over its World War II bombing of Pearl Harbor in a Thursday Oval Office meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Taking questions from reporters, Trump said he would call on a “beautiful person from Japan.”

Asked why he didn’t tell allies like Japan about the conflict in Iran ahead of time, Trump invoked the Dec. 7, 1941 bombing in Hawaii.

“You don’t want to signal too much… We didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise,” he responded.

“Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” Trump added jokingly to Takaichi.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/5791865-trump-japan-takaichi-pearl-harbor-iran-war/

OMG this f'ing guy.

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Trump Ribs Japanese PM on Pearl Harbor in Oval Office Talk on Iran [View all] ruet Thursday OP

Hey, you fuckers at the Swill. .the orange menace does NOT "joke". niyad Thursday #1

🤦‍♂️ underpants Thursday #2

"Ribbed"? Seriously? Who writes this crap? Ocelot II Thursday #3

and the PM should have shot back, just like you didn't tell us about the atomic bomb. nt Javaman Thursday #4

"ribs" Prairie Gates Thursday #5

Ribs? Did somebody say Trump Steaks? C_U_L8R Thursday #6

It was far more than a rib... Hugin Thursday #9

And morons will be morons---- Jack Valentino Thursday #20

can you imagine behaving like that in any regular job Skittles Yesterday #23

"...Because I wasn't born yet, you freaking moron?" Qutzupalotl Thursday #7

Hiroshima. twodogsbarking Thursday #8

"Yeah, that Pacific War...what a fucking laugh it was!" LudwigPastorius Thursday #10

Tone deaf jackass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday #11

trump is an asshole and was not funny LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #12

His only thrill in life is in humiliating and bullying other people. LudwigPastorius Thursday #13

That would have been my cue to get up and walk out. Talitha Thursday #17

And there was laughter from the audience..WTH? Deuxcents Yesterday #28

I wish she, or anyone else sitting there mountain grammy Thursday #14

Everybody knows what to expect of trump. Turbineguy Thursday #15

It was reported that she expected it to be very difficult. thought crime Yesterday #21

President National Embarrassment Bayard Thursday #16

Ribs is a super-90s term Polybius Thursday #18

It wasn't "ribbing" orangecrush Yesterday #26

Oh, I know Polybius Yesterday #30

Understood orangecrush 23 hrs ago #31

'Profound idiot': Nicolle Wallace struggles to process Trump's shock joke to Japanese PM LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #19

"....ribbed..." MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #22

For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #24

That wasn't "ribbing" orangecrush Yesterday #25

Stupid, ignorant man embarrasses himself and America when discussing Pearl Harbor. Ferrets are Cool Yesterday #27

Guess we should be grateful he didn't crack wise about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Vinca Yesterday #29

Would he ever say something similar about Germany ? JI7 23 hrs ago #32