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

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Hat tip, Swamp Yankee, at Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2026/03/maga-lobbyists-seek-pardon-for-crypto-fugitive/#comment-6852442260

riversedge also has a thread at
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221108605

I hadn't seen it before starting this thread.

Reposted by Aaron Rupar
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com

Justin Baragona
‪@justinbaragona.bsky.social‬

This just needs the Curb Your Enthusiasm music over it

‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
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Trump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"


12:42 PM · Mar 19, 2026

This just needs the Curb Your Enthusiasm music over it

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T16:42:52.398Z

Aaron Rupar
‪@atrupar.com‬

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


12:14 PM · Mar 19, 2026

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

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-19T16:14:52.667Z

Jen Bendery
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‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 57m
Trump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"


12:40 PM · Mar 19, 2026

— Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T16:40:19.799Z

Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting, Mar. 19, 2026
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[Kid Berwyn]

1. Trump mansplaining the lessons of Pearl Harbor to Japan Prime Minister, priceless.

“Uh. We went in very hard and we didn't tell anyone about it because we wanted surprise," Trump said. "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

[leftstreet]

2. omg n/t

[GiqueCee]

3. What an irredeemable...

... flaming fucking asshole! It gets worse every bloody day! The man is a pig! Apologies to Sus Scrofa Domesticus everywhere for the insulting comparison.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Much too kind.

[GiqueCee]

9. Oh, I don't think anyone...

... wants to see me open the floodgates of vitriol that's backing up in my brainpan! Vast swathes of the population would be scarred for life.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

4. This makes no sense to me

But then nothing he says does.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Embarrassing

She should have gotten up and left the pedophile.

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. The national embarassment of VonSchitzInPants only grows larger by the hour.

[Historic NY]

8. OMG.......

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[Brother Buzz]

10. Fake news - Everyone knows the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor

[Wednesdays]

11. The fine art of diplomacy as practiced by Donald J. Trump.

Reminiscent of this:

The worst act of diplomacy came during the Middle East war of 1948 when Warren Austin, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged Arabs and Jews to resolve their disagreements “like good Christians.” https://caringmagazine.org/life-lines-the-best-worst-and-most-unusual/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. 'Profound idiot': Nicolle Wallace struggles to process Trump's shock joke to Japanese PM

trump does not have a sense of humor and is a major league sexist asshole

'Profound idiot': Nicolle Wallace struggles to process Trump's shock joke to Japanese PM www.rawstory.com/nicolle-wall...
Oh man! No joking about Nagasaki and Hiroshima being the double tap that ended WW2?
He's obtuse. And acutely moronic.

— Ray Bannatyne (@mrfoo123.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T22:56:15.128Z

https://www.rawstory.com/nicolle-wallace-trump-japan/

MS NOW host Nicolle Wallace had a frank reaction on Thursday after President Donald Trump made a jaw-dropping comment that shocked people inside the Oval Office during a White House meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Wallace was visibly stunned after discussing Trump's attempted joke that clearly left the room uncomfortable when a reporter asked why Trump hadn't warned his allies that the U.S.-Israeli military strikes were coming.

"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?"

Wallace watched the video playback and commented on Trump, asking her panel to share their thoughts.

"I struggle every minute of every day with platforming him, one, I should do it all day because it shows what a profound idiot he is," Wallace said. "But but two, we were on other sides. This is a question about why didn't you read in your allies? And he says, we didn't know what our adversary was going to do. I mean, David Frum, what do you even, how's your brain doing?"