That wasn’t a joke. He was not joking. He’s an abusive asshole.
What a fucking moron and stoops to level of fucking Tojo. US Navy intelligence broke the Japanese code in 1937 and they knew exactly when the fleet departed and their target.
“Why didn’t you tell me about pearl harbor? I was -5 years old at the time”
Wow, I thought the title is exaggerated but the room did fell silent after that joke. Even Trump seemed to notice it didn’t land that well. Impressive.
Interesting that Trump seems to understand that we “did a pearl harbor” on Iran, but somehow still thinks that we are the “good guys”? He almost got self aware for a second there.
He doesn’t believe in good guys, he thinks everyone is just as evil as him so it makes his continuous assault on all limits of human decency OK in his mind.
I mean, you can do a pre-emptive surprise strike against a foreign military and still be the “good guys”. It’s just that we aren’t the good guys when we did this pre-emptive military strike against a foreign military… Or grade school girls… Because our top military brass has been replaced by retards loyal to trump.
I can’t tell if this is dementia or his regular poor taste and racism.
I hate Trump. Fuck Trump.
However, out of all the disgusting and ghastly shit Trump has done and said, this one is not that bad. Poor taste, sure. Racist? Come on. Did you even read it? It was actually witty compared to his typical knuckle dragging bullshit.
A reporter asked Trump why he didn’t tell U.S. allies, including European and Asian countries, such as Japan, that he was planning joint military strikes with Israel on Iran.
“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?”
This guy is a sex predator, pedo who is trying to be a dictator and is taking our democratic rights away. Let’s focus on that first. Don’t let this petty bullshit be the focus.
I’ll take my downvotes now.
Yeah but this anecdote betrays his shitty personality. At the end of the day he is an unapologetic child rapist first and foremost, and it’s hard to imagine what could surpass that depravity, but these little vignettes help paint the picture who have trouble believing the commander-in-chief is also the chomo-in-chief.
I guess he could always do worse and joke about Hiroshima…but I wont give more ideas…
He does worse most times he opens his mouth. Calling a woman “piggy” to her face is considerably worse.
I personally think a Hiroshima reference to Japan’s PM is a worse faux pas than calling someone piggy… But, hey, everybody has differing levels of sensitivity i guess.
I guess he could compare the PM to a gueixa or something, no guardrails :/
I agree that’s worse morally, but that not worse for the diplomatic relation between two of the worlds biggest economies.
Then maybe she shouldn’t have spent the last year sucking his cock.
Well…she’s a huge fan of Trump so she deserves all she gets.
Yes.
Coming up with the analogy is just his regular poor taste and racism. Not realizing that it paints the US as the equivalent to the Japanese in WWII is his dementia.
With Donald you never have to choose.
He has dementia, this isn’t it though. This is his true self.
Why not both.
Both. He’s always been racist, but dementia removes what filters do exist.
He’s brought it up before in dealing with Japanese diplomats
Does he not realize what he’s implying based on the ultimate fate of imperial Japan after they did the Pearl Harbor?
I guarantee you he does not.
Why? Seriously, why are they stunned? He was a crass, low class, racist thug well before the dementia hit. Why would anyone expect better?
Only thing that bombed harder then that joke was pearl harbor.
People defending the Donvict with “He was joking” need to give up because he is terribly unfunny and lacks a healthy sense of humor.
I dunno, I can think of a couple things…
This is the funniest fucking thing he’s ever done.
To a prior PM, it would be in extremely bad taste. But this bitch is nakedly fascist.
anyone want to share? I can’t see the joke.
“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?”
Legitimately a good joke, probably not during a diplomatic meeting though.
It’s not offensive by Trump’s standards but it also isn’t really funny.
Lol, that shit is funny. Irrespective, the guy is fuckinh retarded and a plague on the world
What makes it funny? Seems like nowadays whatever is insulting is called funny
From the article:
“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?”
Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?
Trump was what at that time? A middle aged nobody?
Trump was born in 1946. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. The war he dodged with his “bone spurs” was Vietnam, not WWII.
he was 5.
-5.
yes, my bad.
Are you sure he wasn’t 50 back then? I mean… look at him!
well I was wrong so maybe you’re right!
I died laughing! 😂 I like how silent the room just went after the 2 sec before people realized what he just said.
Btw the Japan Primeminister is also a Japanese MAGA so I don’t really give a f about her either. Let them swin in their own nationalist poop.
It’s old man jokes like these that I understand. People clutching their pearls online while literally no one reacted the way this article says when they were in the room. Even the PM gave a visible smirk because she knows he’s an old senile moron that can be easily manipulated.
Yeah am I bad for literally laughing out loud at this? unbelievable stuff
It was legitimately funny, not diplomatic at all, but legitimately funny.
How was it funny?
“Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?””
A shame the Japanese rep couldn’t afford a jokeback like “you were a twinkle in the milkman’s eye at the time”.
Japan actually tried to coordinate a formal declaration of war to be submitted immediately before the attack commenced. But due to technical and logistical problems, the communique was not read by American diplomats until after the attack.
This is the part of this that is such a political faux pas. Japan does not consider Pearl Harbor a surprise attack, and their nationalist movement right now probably won’t be happy to have their favorite PM be the whipping boy of the US president. I won’t say Japan is right on this, but it’s just the difference in how this story is presented.
Good riddance, hopefully this creates an awful situation for her politically at home as she is pushed leftward or rightward in retaliation.
STUNNED!
Ok, well, probably not that stunned…
ITT: Lemmites Letting the mask slip
People can find it funny for several reasons, some may be laughing at the pure stupidity of comparing the two. I would say we have seen few countries Trump considers allies. And Russia, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia seem to be the only 3 re-occuring allies he seems to consider.
And Russia, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia
Which one of these is Israel?
Touche, I’m not sure I can tell the difference between Israel and Florida at the moment, Israel gets more benefits than Florida does though
And Argentina lmao
Stop making vertical territories. Just stop it. If it’s a long skinny shape on a map, it shouldn’t exist.
I mean, out of all the heinous fascistic shit Trump has done, this is probably among the least egregious. Plus as a dark comedy enjoyer, I can appreciate this on a “who the fuck starts a conversation like that; I just sat down” sort of level.
If this is what makes you clutch your pearls then you are going to audibly gasp at all the other shit Trump has said.
Bro ive never even seen someone wearing pearls
