Randahl FinkHow to offend foreign leaders, lesson 1017:
In the presence of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Trump says he did not have to tell Japan that he was going to attack Iran, because Japan did not tell him before attacking pearl harbor.
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Christian Klüber-Demir 🏈
Arthur van der Harg@randahl “Because neither you nor I had been born then, Idiot-san.”
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MarjorieR@randahl Trump is not much of a historian. The Japanese government had intended to declare war immediately before their sneak attack on Pearl Harbour, they just botched it.
Trump had no intention of declaring war before his sneak attack, and still hasn't done so.
Trump had no intention of declaring war before his sneak attack, and still hasn't done so.
@marjolica I did not know. What happened?
Found it: Translation delay.
Martin Seeger@randahl @marjolica Fun fact: U.S. intelligence had the gist of it before the Japanese embassy had it decrypted.
Had Japan given their own embassy enough time for decryption, they probably would have lost the surprise at Pearl Harbor.
Wars are always series of fuckups.
Osteopenia Powers ;@marjolica
Trump is also implying that being our ally is the same as being a nation we intend to attack without warning, which is not the sort of thing that attracts strong alliances.
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Trump is also implying that being our ally is the same as being a nation we intend to attack without warning, which is not the sort of thing that attracts strong alliances.
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Stephen Cox AuthorI can't speak for Japan but in UK and Europe we're insulted by his dismissal of our war dead, his waging economic warfare while expecting us to join a war with no aim or legal authority (which will make most of the world less safe), and him weighing into public debate in other countries with the political knowledge and charm of a drunken six year old.
That he's rude is way down the list
Linda Rose Smit@randahl this by now should not surprise me. But the man has a special talent of surpassing himself in rude stupidity every single chance he gets
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Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁She was wearing a formal outfit so he couldn’t use his Zelenskyy insult.
javensbukan@randahl Maybe Iran having its own Nukes wasn't such a bad idea after all. 😂🙃🫠
Rainer Orzada@randahl This is equal to an occupational ban for every satirist.