Japanese Reporter: "Why didn’t you tell Japan about your surprise attack against Iran?" Trump: "Who knows better about surprises than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

X.com ^ | March 19, 2026 | MJTruthUltra @MJTruthUltra

[ransomnote]

ransomnote: I excerpted the video. The first half is the the Japanese PM's reaction to Trump asking why Japan didn't tell the US about Pearl Harbor in advance (she straightens in her chair). The second half was her reaction to his statement, 'You believe in suprise, I think, much more than us.' (She raises her brows and blinks)

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OMG. President Trump does not GAF

 

Japanese Reporter: Why didn’t you tell Japan about your surprise attack against Iran?

 

Trump:
Who knows better about surprises than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

Look at her face..

 

SAVAGE

 

https://rumble.com/v77c7ni-savage-why-didnt-you-tell-me-about-pearl-harbor.html

 

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President Trump on Jerome Powell:

 

He’s under investigation for what they’re spending on the new building. Something is going on there. He has Trump Derangement Syndrome, it’s not a curable disease

(ransomnote: 3 minute video at link)

 

 

March 19, 2026

 

 

[Paal Gulli]

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.

[PsyCon]

“DJT is on the Biden side of intelligence. Not quite senile, but on the slide into dementia.”

As a psychologist I usually try to ignore such inaccurate statements. But those two are exceptionally inaccurate.

[Fledermaus]

Poor baby

[bigdaddy45]

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?

[DAC21]

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.

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https://bsky.app/

[Bobbyvotes]

Sure, any one can say anything, but that does not mean it makes sense.

[poconopundit]

You have the right attitude of disgust about that Japanese reporter, yet I'm actually glad they put the guy on the plane.

Here's why: Trump is playing some 3D chess.

I asked Google AI: How influential are major American news organizations to the Japanese news organizations?

And Google says the Japanese press is highly influenced by American media... mentioning the New York Times, Reuters, and API.

So it was easy to predict a Japanese reporter would try to trip up our President: they can't help themselves.  But, as usual, Trump was prepared and gave a perfect answer! 

Here a diagram of Trump's checkmate.

[rxh4n1]

” Japan was just as bad if not worse than Germany.”

The massacre in Manila has been forgotten except by a few, and we’ll never know how mny Chinese they killed.

[Candor7]

when I saw the look on Takaichi’s face throughout the exchange, it is clear that she was trying hard not to laugh ,keeping a straight face,and her look at the reporter in the end....well it said “ What a stupid asshole you are !”

And she kept checking her watch IN THE END.........she wanted to get away from the Japan press pool.I think she was quite angry at the collective of Japanese reporters, they had conspired to get this question asked and fell face first into the mud.This made Japan’s PM lose face in public.My bet is that there will be a few reporters from Japan who will no longer be in that press pool.

Shikata Ganai.

[mewzilla]

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.

[mewzilla]

If that’s true, the Japanese screwed their allies bigtime.

[CodeToad]

ROTFLMFAO!!!!

That was his BEST zinger!!!

[CodeToad]

Nope. Japan is a parasite.