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“Who knows better about surprise than Japan. “

That is effing hilarious.

1 posted on 03/19/2026 10:40:37 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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not to mention, Japan just agreed to contribute to the Hormuz situation:

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/03/19/new-japan-eu-flip-pledge-support-for-hormuz-protection-n3813027


2 posted on 03/19/2026 10:42:46 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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He really does Trump almost everything in his path.


3 posted on 03/19/2026 10:44:15 AM PDT by combat_boots
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and...if my recollection is correct, Japan refused to surrender, so they likely knew something was coming.

That something was nuclear, which they wouldn’t/couldn’t have known, of course. No one could know.


4 posted on 03/19/2026 10:45:55 AM PDT by chiller ( Davy Crockett said:"Be sure you're right, then go ahead." I'll go ahead.)
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Can’t believe what a buffoon he has turned into. When we get annihilated at the midterms, we can all look back fondly on the war in Iran, and all his stupid remarks. It’ll be a great way to have a laugh in a democrat dominated world.


5 posted on 03/19/2026 10:47:24 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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That’s stupid. It’s well known that the failure to inform the US was due to distressingly mundane screwups involving not having a decent typist available on a Sunday morning at the Japanese embassy in Washington and not accounting for the time required to decipher the coded message from Japan instructing them to notify Washington that Japan had declared war.


7 posted on 03/19/2026 10:47:38 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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At least he didn’t gak up sushi


8 posted on 03/19/2026 10:48:37 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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40+ leaders same day. Of course it was the moment they were waiting for. Get most of the leaders in one the first strike.


9 posted on 03/19/2026 10:49:08 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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This is the time for Alpha males to shine. Beta males need to take a seat, that means you Rand.


13 posted on 03/19/2026 10:52:20 AM PDT by Aquamarine (Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:)
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I’m not sure it was actually meant to be a joke. It was more a barb aimed at the press for continuing to ask the same exact question to Trump again and again. I predict that particular question will no longer be asked.

Of course, President Trump is not going to inform anyone outside of a very tight circle of military plans because the information would be leaked immediately destroying any possibility of success.


15 posted on 03/19/2026 10:53:00 AM PDT by Freee-dame (The left never dreamed that Trump would be back in the White House in 2025. )
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“A rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.”

-President Harry Truman’s statement on the Hiroshima atomic bombing, August 6, 1945.

Good one President Trump, I don’t think we told them either.


16 posted on 03/19/2026 10:53:59 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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So many pearl clutching actors on this forum these days, haha.


24 posted on 03/19/2026 11:18:06 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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Some people around here... no sense of humor whatsoever. Stop clutching your pearls. It was a funny joke, and I'd like to think that enough time has passed that the Japanese could laugh at it right along with us.

And if they can't? Well, that's on them.

26 posted on 03/19/2026 11:20:40 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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Not too many Pearl Harbor jokes out there. The only other one I know of is via Henny Youngman:

Did you hear about the guy who was half black and half Japanese? Every December 7th he attacked Pearl Bailey.

I don’t think Youngman ever ran for prez, so Trump’s line probably will get more exposure, giving the lefties (and pretend MAGA) something new to tut-tut about.


28 posted on 03/19/2026 11:26:55 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn (ITHIN A FEW DAIS)
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explosive.


31 posted on 03/19/2026 11:29:20 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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It wasn’t a joke.

It was an analogy.


34 posted on 03/19/2026 11:34:27 AM PDT by occamrzr06
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What? Too soon?


38 posted on 03/19/2026 11:59:05 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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Hilarious? Yup.
But, certainly not his finest hour...


39 posted on 03/19/2026 12:15:09 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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Think the GOP can forget about the mid terms at the rate fuel prices and everything else is skyrocketing up...


40 posted on 03/19/2026 12:28:48 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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DJT is just one of the guys...
Marvelous sense of humor...
Reminds me of Ronald Reagan...


43 posted on 03/19/2026 12:40:47 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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Trump did it to Venezuela once. And he did it to Iran twice, each time when negotiations going on. Think about that when you watch that movie Tora, Tora, Tora.


52 posted on 03/19/2026 1:33:28 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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