Donald Trump left the room stunned after making a Pearl Harbor joke during an Oval Office meeting, with Japan\u2019s Prime Minister sitting right there.<\/p>\n
The moment unfolded as Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Sanar Takaichi to the White House, during a discussion that quickly turned to the recent bombing of Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n
But then, he veered off script, according to VT<\/p>\n
Who knows better about surprise than Japan?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The comment was met with uneasy laughter, before Trump doubled down, adding: \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me about Pearl Harbor, OK?\u201d<\/p>\n
We probably knocked out 50 percent\u201d
\nThe reaction was immediate. Audible groans spread across the room before everything fell into an uncomfortable silence.Takaichi\u2019s expression visibly changed, her reaction making it clear the remark hadn\u2019t landed as intended, according to VT.<\/p>\n
Trump quickly moved on, returning to his original point about the operation<\/p>\n
He\u2019s asking me about surprise, and we did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd because of that surprise, we knocked out \u2026 we probably knocked out 50 percent \u2026 and much more than we anticipated doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if I go and tell everybody about it, there\u2019s no longer a surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n
The reference, however, pointed to one of the darkest chapters in US-Japan relations.<\/p>\n
The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor killed more than 2,400 US service members and left around 1,200 others injured. Four American battleships were sunk, and it remained the deadliest attack on US soil until 9\/11 in 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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