[poconopundit]

"Trump’s Pearl Harbor joke wasn’t an insult. It was the key that finally unlocked something buried deep in the Japanese soul.

For 80 long years, we’ve carried apology and guilt like a permanent shadow—haunted by the past, bound by the Constitution America wrote for us, forever in 'reflection mode.' He turned that raw wound into a shared laugh between equals.

No more endless atonement. No more vassal shadow."

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Wow. Heart-felt and beautifully stated, GOPJ.

President Trump's put the icing of the cake of an America/Japan partnership lasting decades. Some highlights:

• American families rely on the Japanese car brands that dominate the sedan market.
  
  
• Japan hosts America's armed forces in Asia with many U.S. bases plus DoD ammunition and fuel depots all over the country.
  
  
• Japan has kept up its commitment to maintain peace by building and maintaining the 4th Largest Navy in the world, after the USA, China, and Russia.

[FreedomPoster]

I was in Japan a year ago. One of our port calls was Nagasaki, and we were moored directly across the harbor from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries naval shipyard. I had a great view of two very modern frigates under construction, and two older destroyers being modernized/refitted.