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Trump says Powell is stubborn, incompetent, and that's a bad thing. He says Powell's building is simpler but costs far more than Trump's construction project.
1 posted on 03/19/2026 12:07:19 PM PDT by ransomnote
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It was supposed to be a question for his dignitary guest, but the insolent fellow directed his snarky inquiry to the President of the United States — and got the slap-down he deserved.


2 posted on 03/19/2026 12:08:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4371321/posts


3 posted on 03/19/2026 12:08:52 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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Japan has been an excellent ally for 75 years.

I see no reason to shame and antagonize them.


4 posted on 03/19/2026 12:09:55 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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That. Is. Hysterical.

My mostly apolitical wife was howling.

We’ll not see his like again.


8 posted on 03/19/2026 12:17:15 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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We need this man…He Fights!


10 posted on 03/19/2026 12:18:53 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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A reminder that on that same day, Japan also attacked:

The Phillipines
Hong Kong
Malaya
Guam
Wake Island
Midway Island


17 posted on 03/19/2026 12:25:46 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Pressure is building on old Trump and he keeps making these bonehead comments will only get worse..


26 posted on 03/19/2026 12:45:22 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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Well he’s right, where is the lie? It’s a historical fact! Why is that WE always have to inform everyone else in advance for EVERYTHING we do but the rest of the world doesn’t have to tell us jack


27 posted on 03/19/2026 12:45:57 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Well it was a Surprise ,D’oh ,LOL


38 posted on 03/19/2026 1:07:27 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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The kind of things most people would never say out loud, he says out loud.


44 posted on 03/19/2026 1:23:10 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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In the early 80’s I worked as a programming instructor for a Japanese machine tool company in America. The regional manager asked me on July 3 if I could go to a customer site the next day to fix whatever the maintenance problem was. He offered extra pay for working on a holiday. I said I wasn’t interested in the pay, I just wanted a replacement day off. He said fine, what day, I replied “December 7th”.He was not amused.


52 posted on 03/19/2026 2:00:15 PM PDT by Waverunner (Torah! Torah! Torah! my favorite IDF radio code.)
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The Japanese High Command sent a 5000-word encoded Declaration of War to their embassy in DC with instructions that it be delivered to the White House 30 minutes before the commencement of hostilities.

But they couldn’t decode it fast enough.


61 posted on 03/19/2026 3:24:35 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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I think Trump can be a horses ass a large percentage of the time, but I thought the comment was funny, and the response perfect. I cracked up when I read it. It’s been 80 years. Isn’t that long enough?


64 posted on 03/19/2026 4:02:40 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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Pretty amazing the amount of Freepers that think that President Trump is a tyrant, a loser, sinking into dementia. The same Freepers that think that in the 21st Century if you aren’t following the “Marquess of Queensberry Rules” that you are an unworthy loser. Rather sickening.

Here is a link for a site that you might be more appreciated.

https://bsky.app/


65 posted on 03/19/2026 4:22:33 PM PDT by DAC21
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A coda, courtesy AI. Looks like Japan didn’t tell Hitler, either...

Per AI...

No, Japan did not give Germany advance notice of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Hitler was not officially informed, and the move surprised the German leadership, despite their alliance under the Tripartite Pact.


70 posted on 03/20/2026 12:32:14 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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ROTFLMFAO!!!!

That was his BEST zinger!!!


72 posted on 03/20/2026 7:28:54 PM PDT by CodeToad
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