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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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.
@randahl