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ruet

(10,302 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:22 PM Mar 19

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 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

Ocelot II

(130,620 posts)
3. "Ribbed"? Seriously? Who writes this crap?
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:25 PM
Mar 19

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

Javaman

(65,750 posts)
4. and the PM should have shot back, just like you didn't tell us about the atomic bomb. nt
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:05 PM
Mar 19

Hugin

(37,849 posts)
9. It was far more than a rib...
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:03 PM
Mar 19

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.

Jack Valentino

(5,066 posts)
20. And morons will be morons----
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 10:22 PM
Mar 19

The reporter should have followed up asking Trump what was the date of that attack ???


I bet he doesn't even know that much....

Skittles

(171,809 posts)
23. can you imagine behaving like that in any regular job
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 01:08 AM
Mar 20

you'd be terminated so quickly

LudwigPastorius

(14,753 posts)
10. "Yeah, that Pacific War...what a fucking laugh it was!"
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:31 PM
Mar 19

"Three million dead...HAR Har har har!"

LudwigPastorius

(14,753 posts)
13. His only thrill in life is in humiliating and bullying other people.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:48 PM
Mar 19

(...or entire countries, in this case.)

Talitha

(8,004 posts)
17. That would have been my cue to get up and walk out.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 07:27 PM
Mar 19

It was a mistake to keep smiling.
His remark should have been met with a cold stare.

Turbineguy

(40,093 posts)
15. Everybody knows what to expect of trump.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:49 PM
Mar 19

Last edited Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:21 PM - Edit history (1)

She was probably warned that he would make some crude sexual proposal.

thought crime

(1,594 posts)
21. It was reported that she expected it to be very difficult.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 12:17 AM
Mar 20

I hope she didn't bend to pressure.

Polybius

(21,913 posts)
18. Ribs is a super-90s term
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:02 PM
Mar 19

Whoever wrote that headline most certainly was a teen in the 90s.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,054 posts)
19. 'Profound idiot': Nicolle Wallace struggles to process Trump's shock joke to Japanese PM
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:25 PM
Mar 19

trump does not have a sense of humor and is a major league sexist asshole

'Profound idiot': Nicolle Wallace struggles to process Trump's shock joke to Japanese PM www.rawstory.com/nicolle-wall...
Oh man! No joking about Nagasaki and Hiroshima being the double tap that ended WW2?
He's obtuse. And acutely moronic.

Ray Bannatyne (@mrfoo123.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T22:56:15.128Z

https://www.rawstory.com/nicolle-wallace-trump-japan/

MS NOW host Nicolle Wallace had a frank reaction on Thursday after President Donald Trump made a jaw-dropping comment that shocked people inside the Oval Office during a White House meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Wallace was visibly stunned after discussing Trump's attempted joke that clearly left the room uncomfortable when a reporter asked why Trump hadn't warned his allies that the U.S.-Israeli military strikes were coming.

"One thing, you don't want to signal too much when we go in," Trump said. "We went in very hard and we didn't tell anyone about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

Wallace watched the video playback and commented on Trump, asking her panel to share their thoughts.

"I struggle every minute of every day with platforming him, one, I should do it all day because it shows what a profound idiot he is," Wallace said. "But but two, we were on other sides. This is a question about why didn't you read in your allies? And he says, we didn't know what our adversary was going to do. I mean, David Frum, what do you even, how's your brain doing?"


JI7

(93,650 posts)
32. Would he ever say something similar about Germany ?
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 02:31 PM
Mar 20

or anything else which points to what Germany did back then ?

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