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ruet

(10,261 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:22 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump Ribs Japanese PM on Pearl Harbor in Oval Office Talk on Iran

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 (Original Post) ruet 4 hrs ago OP

Hey, you fuckers at the Swill. .the orange menace does NOT "joke". niyad 4 hrs ago #1

🤦‍♂️ underpants 4 hrs ago #2

"Ribbed"? Seriously? Who writes this crap? Ocelot II 4 hrs ago #3

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

"ribs" Prairie Gates 3 hrs ago #5

Ribs? Did somebody say Trump Steaks? C_U_L8R 3 hrs ago #6

It was far more than a rib... Hugin 3 hrs ago #9

"...Because I wasn't born yet, you freaking moron?" Qutzupalotl 3 hrs ago #7

Hiroshima. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #8

"Yeah, that Pacific War...what a fucking laugh it was!" LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #10

Tone deaf jackass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 2 hrs ago #11

trump is an asshole and was not funny LetMyPeopleVote 2 hrs ago #12

His only thrill in life is in humiliating and bullying other people. LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #13

I wish she, or anyone else sitting there mountain grammy 2 hrs ago #14

Everybody knows what to expect of trump. Turbineguy 2 hrs ago #15

niyad

(132,003 posts)

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

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:24 PM

4 hrs ago

underpants

(196,278 posts)

2. 🤦‍♂️

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:25 PM

4 hrs ago

Ocelot II

(130,360 posts)

3. "Ribbed"? Seriously? Who writes this crap?

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:25 PM

4 hrs ago

That wasn’t ribbing, it was insulting, and no doubt it was intentional.

Javaman

(65,646 posts)

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

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:05 PM

4 hrs ago

Prairie Gates

(8,052 posts)

5. "ribs"

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:07 PM

3 hrs ago

Give me a break.

C_U_L8R

(49,329 posts)

6. Ribs? Did somebody say Trump Steaks?

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:18 PM

3 hrs ago

Would you like a side of E. Coli with that?

Hugin

(37,826 posts)

9. It was far more than a rib...

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:03 PM

3 hrs ago

It was the worst of crass international insults. Any other president would have been forced to resign by now.

We're back to the boys will be boys reporting.