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ruet

(10,317 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:22 PM Mar 19

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 Mar 19 OP

Hey, you fuckers at the Swill. .the orange menace does NOT "joke". niyad Mar 19 #1

🤦‍♂️ underpants Mar 19 #2

"Ribbed"? Seriously? Who writes this crap? Ocelot II Mar 19 #3

and the PM should have shot back, just like you didn't tell us about the atomic bomb. nt Javaman Mar 19 #4

"ribs" Prairie Gates Mar 19 #5

Ribs? Did somebody say Trump Steaks? C_U_L8R Mar 19 #6

It was far more than a rib... Hugin Mar 19 #9

And morons will be morons---- Jack Valentino Mar 19 #20

can you imagine behaving like that in any regular job Skittles Mar 20 #23

"...Because I wasn't born yet, you freaking moron?" Qutzupalotl Mar 19 #7

Hiroshima. twodogsbarking Mar 19 #8

"Yeah, that Pacific War...what a fucking laugh it was!" LudwigPastorius Mar 19 #10

Tone deaf jackass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 19 #11

trump is an asshole and was not funny LetMyPeopleVote Mar 19 #12

His only thrill in life is in humiliating and bullying other people. LudwigPastorius Mar 19 #13

That would have been my cue to get up and walk out. Talitha Mar 19 #17

And there was laughter from the audience..WTH? Deuxcents Mar 20 #28

I wish she, or anyone else sitting there mountain grammy Mar 19 #14

Everybody knows what to expect of trump. Turbineguy Mar 19 #15

It was reported that she expected it to be very difficult. thought crime Mar 20 #21

President National Embarrassment Bayard Mar 19 #16

Ribs is a super-90s term Polybius Mar 19 #18

It wasn't "ribbing" orangecrush Mar 20 #26

Oh, I know Polybius Mar 20 #30

Understood orangecrush Mar 20 #31

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

"....ribbed..." MorbidButterflyTat Mar 20 #22

For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Mar 20 #24

That wasn't "ribbing" orangecrush Mar 20 #25

Stupid, ignorant man embarrasses himself and America when discussing Pearl Harbor. Ferrets are Cool Mar 20 #27

Guess we should be grateful he didn't crack wise about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Vinca Mar 20 #29

Would he ever say something similar about Germany ? JI7 Mar 20 #32