Oval Office stunned as Trump fires Pearl Harbor comment at Japanese PM
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President Donald Trump made a shocking comment that left people in the Oval Office visibly uncomfortable on Thursday during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. A reporter asked Trump why he didn't tell U.S. allies, including European and Asian countries, such as Japan, that he was...
  • PhAzE@lemmy.caEnglish
    37·
    6 days ago

    Remember that the US nuked Japan in response. So I guess he’d be ok if Iran nuked the US in response?

  • roofTophopper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    7 days ago

    Bro. The people coming to his defense is mind blowing. “That’s not what he meant!”, “He didn’t mean it in a racist way!” Shut the fuck up. He knows what he’s saying. He doesn’t care. The mental gymnastics his cult does for him is crazy. Just own up to it. He’s the racist pedophile Uncle who makes bad jokes at a family gathering that you wouldn’t leave your 10 year old with.

    It is what it is.

    • Oodlenoodlenoo@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      6 days ago

      It’s the same shit they repeated on the campaign trail god I got tired of being told “it’s all hyperbole” from people I know didn’t even know what the word meant

    • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      I’m noticing more discourse on Lemmy. I’m not saying I want Lemmy to be a hive mind. But there’s clearly more and more comments seemingly just giving really “wrong side of history” takes.

  • randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
    12·
    7 days ago

    I was curious about what the Japanese side’s take on Trump’s remark would be, so I found this news report from a Japanese outlet:

    https://youtu.be/gy-4-iySD-s

    Try translating the comments by yourself. You’d find that most people are blaming the Japanese reporter who asked “why didn’t you notify us before attacking Iran.” They say that of course they wouldn’t tell us (Japanese) about a surprise attack beforehand and that this question is stupid and rude.

    Personally though I think this remark is rude regardless of what questions were asked. Also I think that the question itself may be stupid but isn’t rude.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      These Nazi She -wolves all think if they kiss Trump’s shitty ass they will get special treatment, see Giorgia Meloni and Danielle Smith.

      • guy@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        That’s a weird and sexist take.

        Meloni doesn’t really butter up to Trump and male leaders kiss Trumps ass as much as any female leader

  • spacesatan@leminal.spaceEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Since like half of the comments are saying this was racist can anyone explain how?

    Genuinely what the fuck are you guys on about. I would understand if she was an ethnically Japanese leader/diplomat from Brazil or something but what. So obsessed with race that you forgot Japan is a country?

    It’s a stupid deflection but it’s not racist. The thought process is pretty obvious ‘Why didn’t you tell Japan before the attack’ -> ‘To keep the element of surprise’ uhh Japan + Surprise attack -> ‘Who know’s better than Japan about the value of stealth for a surprise attack, like pearl harbor’.

    He just doesn’t even have the capacity to coherently make the bad comparison. He also completely whiffed the cadence of the joke he was trying to make causing it to come out even weirder. It’s a brain in decline trying to fall in to patterns that it used to be able to somewhat execute on but is now just grasping at straws.

    *thing bad, so anything negative about thing must be correct and must not be questioned. I hate lemmy sometimes.

    • poopkins@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      You disagree with his comment being racist? Well since you’re not with us, you’re against us! There’s no middle ground, no nuance and no discourse in this community!